Background
Paton was born on 25 November 1922, and educated at Repton and Magdalen College, Oxford.
Paton was born on 25 November 1922, and educated at Repton and Magdalen College, Oxford.
Magdalen College.
After service with the Indian Army and the Foreign Office, he was ordained in 1954. He was a curate at All Saints’, Gosforth and then held incumbencies at Street Chad’s, Sheffield and Street Mark’s, Broomhill. In 1978 he was appointed Archdeacon of Sheffield, a post he held for nine years.