Career
After an earlier career as a Registrar with the London County Freehold and Leasehold Properties Limited he was ordained in 1943. He began his career with a curacy in Braunstone after which he was Succentor of Leicester Cathedral. He was Vicar of Street Philip, Leicester from 1950 to 1973.
He was Archdeacon of Loughborough from 1953 to 1963 and of Leicester from then until 1980.
His last post was as Rural Dean of Representatives