Kenneth Mathews

For the English cricketer, see Kenneth Mathews (cricketer).

The Very Rev (Arthur) Kenneth Mathews, OBE, DSC was Dean of St Albans from 1955 [1] until 1963.[2]
Born into an ecclesiastical family [3] on 11 May 1906 and educated at Monkton Combe School [4] and Balliol College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1933. His first post was as a Curate at Penistone after which he was Padre to the Tanker Fleet of the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company and then Vicar of Forest Row. When World War II came he enlisted as a Chaplain in the RNVR during which he was twice decorated. When peace returned he was Vicar of Rogate and Rural Dean of Midhurst before his elevation to the Deanery. After this he was Rector of St Peter’s, Peebles[5] before retiring in 1971.[6] "A sailor's padre to the end",[7] he died on 18 December 1992.

References

  1. ↑ Ecclesiastical News New Dean Of St. Albans The Times Wednesday, Sep 21, 1955; pg. 10; Issue 53331; col D
  2. ↑ Ecclesiastical News Dean Of St. Albans To Resign The Times Wednesday, May 22, 1963; pg. 14; Issue 55707; col F
  3. ↑ His father was a former Canon of Monmouth
  4. ↑ Who’s Who 1992 (London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3514-2
  5. ↑ ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
  6. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  7. ↑ Independent Obituary
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Cuthbert Carroll Thicknesse		 Dean of St Albans
1955 –1963 		Succeeded by
Noel Martin Kennaby
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