John Waddington (priest)
The Very Rev John Albert Henry Waddington,[1] MBE, TD, MA (Lambeth) (10 February 1910 – 23 November 1994) was the Provost of St Edmundsbury [2] from 1958 to 1976.[3]
He was educated at Wandsworth Grammar School[4] and the London College of Divinity and ordained in 1934.[5] His first ecclesiastical posts were curacies at St Andrew's, Streatham and St Paul's, Furzedown.[6] After this he was Rector of Great Bircham from 1938 to 1945 then Vicar of St Peter Mancroft, Norwich[7] until 1958.
In 1968 Waddington was appointed Grand Chaplin of the Royal Masonic Order.[4]
References
- NPG details
- National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
- The Pictorial History of St. Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk by John Albert Henry Waddington, Andover, Pitkin, 1961
- "News of Old Boys". The Link, Wandsworth School Magazine. Page 19. December 1968.
- Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- Who was Who 1897-2007. London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- Church web-site
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| Preceded by John Lawrence White |
Provost of St Edmundsbury 1958 –1976 |
Succeeded by David Rokeby Maddock |
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