Paget-Wilkes was born in
Bath, Somerset on 11 December 1941?, the son of the Rev. Arthur Hamilton Paget Wilkes and grandson of missionary
Paget Wilkes. He was educated at
Harper Adams Agricultural College and was an
Agricultural Project manager in
Tanzania from 1964 to 1966. He studied for
ordination at the
London College of Divinity; and was
priested in 1970. After a
curacy at
All Saints', Wandsworth, 1969–74 he was
Vicar of St James'
New Cross from 1974 to 1982; and then St Matthew,
Rugby until his appointment as
Archdeacon. He also wrote
The Church and Rural Development (1968);
Poverty, Revolution and the Church (1981). Paget-Wilkes died on 9 April 2026, aged 74. ==References==