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Archdeacon ''' John Douglas Giles ''' (28 November 1812 – 5 February 1867)<ref>'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' ''[[Pall Mall Gazette]] ''(London, England), Tuesday, 12 February 1867; Issue 627</ref> was an Anglican priest who was [[Archdeacon of Stow]] from 1862 until his death.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol9/pp21-23 British History )n-line]</ref>
Giles was born in  [[Wedmore]]  and educated at [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]].<ref>{{alox2|title=Giles, John Douglas (1)}}</ref>  He held [[Living (Christianity)|livings]] at [[Swinstead]], [[Belleau, Lincolnshire|Belleau]] and [[Willoughby, Lincolnshire|Willoughby]].
In 1845, he married Sarah Elizabeth Allen. They had at least seven children, including civil servants [[Robert Giles (civil servant)|Robert Giles]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CIE|JP}} and Edward Giles {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CIE}} who both served in British India.<ref name="times">{{cite news |title=Obituary: Mr. Robert Giles |work=[[The Times]] |page=16 |date=23 March 1928}}</ref>
He died in Willoughby, aged 54.
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