Education
He was educated at Durham University and ordained in 1919 after distinguished wartime service with the Manchester Regiment.
He was educated at Durham University and ordained in 1919 after distinguished wartime service with the Manchester Regiment.
He was a Curate at Rochdale and then Vicar of Cresswell, Derbyshire. Later he was Rural Dean of Newark before a 25-year stint as Provost of Blackburn.