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Alexander Ross Wallace (27 September 1891 – 26 August 1982)[1] was an English priest, colonial administrator, and author.[2] He was the Dean of Exeter in the Church of England from 1950 to 1960.[3]
Wallace was educated at Clifton and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He entered the Indian Civil Service in 1914[4] and when World War I came joined the 17th Cavalry. In 1922 he became a schoolmaster at Wellington College, Berkshire. From 1925 to 1930, he was Headmaster at Cargilfield School, Edinburgh . Further headships followed at Blundell's (1930–1933) and Sherborne (1934–1950) before his ordination in 1939. He was a Canon Residentiary at Salisbury Cathedral from 1942 to 1950[5] when he became Dean of Exeter Cathedral.[6] He retired to Lyme Regis, Dorset.
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