John Smith (Archdeacon of Wiltshire)

(Brian) John Smith was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Wiltshire from 1980 to 1998.

Born on 21 September 1933, he was educated at St Marylebone Grammar School, Mill Hill School and St John's College, Durham. After an earlier career as a photographer he was ordained in 1966.^[1] His first post was a curate at All Saints’, Whitstable. After this he was Vicar of Wilsford then Maiden Bradley. He was Rural Dean of Heytesbury before becoming an archdeacon.^[2]

He died on 22 June 2000.^[3]

References

↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
↑ Telegraph Obituary

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Robert Geoffrey Neale	Archdeacon of Wiltshire 1980–1998	Succeeded by Barnabas John Hopkinson

Archdeacons of Wilts

High Medieval	Azo Roger of Ramsbury Reginald Fitz Jocelin William Richard of Wilton Humphrey of Bassingbourn/de Bassingeburn William of Sainte-Mère-Église Richard Grosseteste William de Merston Stephen of Tisbury Roger of Buscot Nicholas of York Roger de la Grene Henry Brandeston Ralph of Leicester Ralph le Waleys of Brightwell William of Abingdon Richard de Sotwell

Late Medieval	Thomas of Savoy William de Chaddleshunt Gerald de Tilheto Iswin de Gandavo Robert de Baldock (senior) Robert de Ayleston Ralph de Querendon John de Whitchurch John Barne John Lineden John Silvestre/Codeford Nicholas Wykeham William Magot John Chitterne John Gaunstede John Symondesburgh John Chadworth Marinus Ursinus Vincent Clement Peter Courtenay Hugh Pavy Christopher Urswick Edward Finch John Pollard

Early modern	John Lawrence Giles Lawrence John Sprint Edmund Lilly Walter Benet Thomas Leche William Creed Thomas Henchman Seth Ward Robert Woodward Thomas Ward Cornelius Yate Thomas Rundle Henry Stebbing Charles Weston Richard Brickenden Arthur Coham William Douglas William Coxe William Macdonald

Late modern	Henry Drury Charles Harris Thomas Stanton Thomas Buchanan Frederic Wallis Eric Bodington Joseph Coulter Cecil Plaxton John Neale John Smith Barney Hopkinson John Wraw Ruth Worsley Sue Groom (announced)

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