Carlyle Witton Davies

The Very Rev Carlyle Witton-Davies was an eminent Anglican priest and scholar.

He was born the son of T. Witton-Davies, Professor of Hebrew at the University College of North Wales, Bangor on 10 June 1913 and educated at Friars School, Bangor, University College of North Wales, Bangor, Exeter College, Oxford and Ripon College Cuddesdon.

He was ordained in 1938 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Buckley. From 1940 to 1944 he was Subwarden of St. Michael's College, Llandaff. From then until 1949 he was a Canon Residentiary at St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem. In that year he became Dean and Precentor of St David's. His last senior post was as Archdeacon of Oxford ((1957–1982).

One of the last clerics to wear the traditional frock coat and gaiters, he died on 25 March 1993.