Raymond Stewart Wilkinson

Background

Wilkinson, Raymond Stewart was born on June 5, 1919 in Luton, England. Son of Sidney Ewart and Florence Miriam (Lawrence) Wilkinson.

Education

Association, King's College, London, 1942; postgraduate, Bishop's College, Cheshire, 1943.

Career

Assistant curate, Church of England, Croxley Green, England, 1943-1948; vicar, St. Oswald, Croxley Green, England, 1948-1951; rector, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England, 1957-1961; rector, Woodchurch, Cheshire, England, 1961-1971; rector, Solihull, West Midlands, England, 1971-1987; canon of Birmingham, since 1976; chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen, 1980-1987; chaplain to Mayor of Warwick, since 1995.

Achievements

• Raymond Stewart Wilkinson has been listed as a noteworthy Minister of religion by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • The church and parish of Abbots Langley

Membership

Fellow Royal Society Arts. Member Royal Commonwealth Society, Rotary (secretary).

Interests

• Avocations: producing, acting in, and conducting Gilbert and Sullivanoperas, church architecture, gardening, lecturing on history of Church of England.

Connections

Married Dorothy Elinor Church, September 8, 1945. Children: Francis John, Andrew Peter, Mark Lawrence, Paul Richard.

Father:

Sidney Ewart Wilkinson

Mother:

Florence Miriam (Lawrence) Wilkinson

Spouse:

Dorothy Elinor Church

child:

Paul Richard Wilkinson

child:

Mark Lawrence Wilkinson

child:

Andrew Peter Wilkinson

child:

Francis John Wilkinson