Background
He was born on 27 March 1920 and educated at Sedbergh and Magdalen College, Oxford.
He was born on 27 March 1920 and educated at Sedbergh and Magdalen College, Oxford.
Magdalen College; Sedbergh School. Ripon College Cuddesdon.
After World World War II service with the Border Regiment he was ordained in 1954. Initially a Curate at Huddersfield Parish Church he became Chaplain to the Archbishop of York in 1952. Following this he was Anglican Chaplain to the University of Nottingham and then Archdeacon of Chesterfield (1963–1978) before his elevation to the Deanery.
Described in his Daily Telegraph obituary as a “broad, inclusive, traditional Anglican” he died on 9 February 2009.