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Herbert Walton (priest)

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Herbert Arthur Walton
Anglican Archdeacon of Grenada
ChurchChurch of England
SeeWindward Isles
In office1915–1922
Previous post(s)Incumbent at St Faith, Edmonton[1]
Personal details
Died15 April 1955
Saffron Walden

Herbert Arthur Walton was an Anglican priest in the twentieth century.[2]

He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and St Boniface Missionary College, Warminster; and ordained in 1905.[3] After a curacy at St John's Cathedral, Antigua he was Rector of St George, Dominica then Archdeacon of Grenada from 1915 to 1922; then Organising Secretary for the SPG in The Midlands from 1922 to 1924; Rector of Avon Dassett from 1924 to 1927; Home Secretary of the SPG from 1927[4] until 1933; Rector of Ascot from 1933 to 1946 and Rector of Brightwell-cum-Sotwell from 1946 to 1954.

He died on 15 April 1955.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Church details
  2. ^ ‘WALTON, Rev. Herbert Arthur’, Who's Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 20 Sept 2014
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p1489: London, Horace Cox, 1908
  4. ^ Ecclesiastical News The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Dec 07, 1927; pg. 17; Issue 44758
  5. ^ Rev. H. A. Walton. The Times (London, England), Monday, Apr 25, 1955; pg. 15; Issue 53203