Background
West was born on 15 October 1950, the son of Walter Edward West and Francis Margaret West (née Tatam).
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Jeffrey West
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He was educated at Bedford Modern School and Worcester College, Oxford.
Career
He was invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2005 for services to the historic environment. In 1974 West joined the Ancient Monuments Inspectorate at the Department of the Environment and became an Assistant Inspector (1974-1979) and an Inspector (1979-1981). He was then seconded as Principal, Local Government Finance, Department of the Environment (1981-1983) and later became Principal Inspector of Historic Buildings at what is now known as English Heritage (1983-1986).
West continued at English Heritage becoming Regional Director of Historic Properties (Midlands and East Anglia) between 1986 and 1997.
Director of Conservation Management (1998-2002) and Policy Director (2002-2005). In 2005 he took the decision to train for the priesthood and was ordained in 2008.
In 2012 he was appointed Rural Dean for Deddington in the Diocese of Dorchester. From 2009-2014 he was Chairman of the Cotswold Conservation Board.
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