Frederick Dwelly

Who was Frederick Dwelly?

The Very Rev Frederick William Dwelly MA DD was the inaugural Dean of Liverpool.

He was born in 1881 and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1907, he began his ecclesiastical career with curacies at St Mary Windermere and Cheltenham Parish Church. During the Great War, he was a temporary Chaplain to the Forces. Later, he was Vicar of Emmanuel, Southport before becoming a Canon Residentiary of Liverpool Cathedral. In 1931, he was appointed to its Deanery, serving for 24 years. He died on 9 May 1957.