Background
The son of a former Bishop of Ely, White-Thomson was educated at Harrow, where he was a Monitor and in the Football XI, and Brasenose.
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The son of a former Bishop of Ely, White-Thomson was educated at Harrow, where he was a Monitor and in the Football XI, and Brasenose.
Brasenose College; Harrow School. Ripon College Cuddesdon.
He was ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1930 and began his career as a Curate at Street Mary's, Ashford, Kent. After this he was Rector of South Martin’s with Street Paul’s, Canterbury then Chaplain to three successive Archbishops of Canterbury. He was a Governor of his old school from 1947 to 1962 and Archdeacon of Northumberland from 1955 to 1963.
In 1971 was made an honorary doctor of civil law by the University of Kent.
And in 1976 a Freeman of the City of Canterbury.