William Edward Colvile Barrett (27 April 1880 – 29 June 1956) was the Anglican Dean of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia, from 1932 to 1952.
[1] The son of Sir William Scott Barrett, he was educated at Aldenham School[2] and Pembroke College, Cambridge.
After a period of study at Leeds Clergy School, he was curate at All Hallows, Kirkburton.
He was a member of the Bush Brotherhood in Charleville, Queensland, Australia within the Diocese of Brisbane from 1906 to 1912;[3] Vicar of Gildersome from 1913,[4] and a Chaplain to the BEF from 1917 to 1919.
He was then Warden of St John's College at the University of Queensland until his appointment as Dean of Brisbane.