Geoffrey Hilder

Geoffrey Frank Hilder[1] (17 July 1906 – 6 February 1988)[2] was Archdeacon of Taunton[3] from 1951[4] until 1971.[5]

Hilder was educated at Uppingham School; Lincoln College, Oxford; the Inner Temple; and Ely Theological College. He was Called to the Bar in 1930. He was ordained Deacon in 1931; and Priest in 1932.[6] He was Rector of Ruardean from 1937 to 1941; Vicar of St Stephen, Cheltenham from 1941[7] to 1948; and Vicar of Hambridge from 1948 to 1959. He was Prolocutor of the Lower House of Convocation of Canterbury from 1955 to 1970; a Director of Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Ltd from 1957 to 1961 a Prebendary of Wells Cathedral from 1951 to 1973; and Provost of the Western Division of the Woodard Corporation from 1960 to 1970.[8]

Notes
  1. Latest wills. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, May 04, 1988; pg. 17; Issue 63072
  2. Ven Geoffrey Hilder. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, February 10, 1988; pg. 12; Issue 62999
  3. The Aluredian
  4. Ecclesiastical News. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Feb 07, 1951; pg. 8; Issue 51919
  5. Church news. The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 14, 1971; pg. 14; Issue 58198
  6. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  7. Oxford Movement in Gloucestershire
  8. ‘HILDER, Rev. Geoffrey Frank’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 24 Dec 2016


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