Background
He was born on 12 December 1884, educated at Rugby and Pembroke College, Cambridge, and ordained, after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon, in 1909.
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Geoffrey Clayton
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Education
Pembroke College; Ripon College Cuddesdon. Rugby School.
Career
A Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, he was its Dean from 1910 to 1914 when he became a Chaplain to the BEF. When peace returned he was Vicar of Street Mary's the Less, Cambridge and after that (successively) Vicar, Rural Dean and finally Archdeacon of Chesterfield. In 1934 he became Bishop of Johannesburg and served for 14 years before his appointment as Archbishop of Cape Town. A Sub-Prelate of the Order of Street John of Jerusalem, he died on 7 March 1957.
The Acting sought to force apartheid in all Christian congregations.
"We should ourselves be unable to obey this Law or to counsel our clergy and people to do southern We therefore appeal to you, Sir, not to put us in a position in which we have to choose between obeying our conscience and obeying the law of the land.".
