Background
He was born on 29 March 1866 and educated at King"s College London and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
He was born on 29 March 1866 and educated at King"s College London and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
Emmanuel College; King"s College London.
He was ordained in 1895 and after a curacy at Street John's, Richmond was a Chaplain to the British Armed Forces and instructor from 1901 until 1918. He served in the South African War and in Aldershot, Egypt, Dublin, Deepcut, Malta and the Great War where he was mentioned in despatches. He joined the fledgling Royal Air Force Chaplaincy Service as Assistant Chief Chaplain and became its Archdeacon (Chaplain-in-Chief) in 1926.
An Honorary Chaplain to the King he retired in 1930 and died on 7 February 1947.