Louis Warden Crooks

Louis Warden Crooks, OBE[1] (1912–1989) was Archdeacon of Raphoe from 1957 until 1980.

Crooks father was also called an Anglican[2]clergyman[3] called Louis Warden Crooks.[4] Crooks was educated at Campbell College[5] and Trinity College, Dublin; and ordained in 1937.[6] After a curacy at Templemore he was a chaplain to the Forces from 1939 to 1946. He was rector of Conwall from 1946 to 1980; and also chaplain to the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

References

  1. ↑ London Gazette
  2. ↑ "Descendancy: Irish Protestant histories since 1795: Fitzpatrick,D p98: Cambridge, CUP, 2014 ISBN 978-1-107-08093-5
  3. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p337: London, Horace Cox, 1908
  4. ↑ Lennon Wylie
  5. ↑ newtownards.info
  6. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980–82 p236: Oxford, OUP, 1983 ISBN 0-19-200010-1


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