Noel Christopherson

Noel Charles Christopherson, MC^[1] (1890 – 29 May 1968) was the Dean of Peterborough in the Church of England from 1943^[2] until 1965.

He was educated at Uppingham School and St John's College, Oxford,^[3] he was ordained in 1913 and began his career with a curacy at St John’s, Walworth. He was then appointed Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Newcastle. During the Great War he was a Chaplain to the Forces and was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Military Cross. When peace returned he became Vicar of St John’s, East Dulwich^[4] then Archdeacon of Colombo. From 1935 he was Vicar of Eltham ^[5] and after that Rural Dean of Woolwich before his elevation to the Deanery.^[6]^[7]

References

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↑ Ecclesiastical News New Dean Of Peterborough The Times Saturday, 17 Apr 1943; pg. 2; Issue 49523; col E
↑ “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ SJED web-site
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
↑ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
↑ Obituary Very Rev. N. C. Christopherson Former Dean of Peterborough The Times Saturday, 1 Jun 1968; pg. 10; Issue 57266; col F

Church of England titles
Preceded by James Gilliland Simpson	Dean of Peterborough 1943–1965	Succeeded by Richard Shuttleworth Wingfield-Digby

Deans of Peterborough

Early modern	Francis Alree/Abree/Leycester Gerard Carleton James Curthoppe John Boxall William Latymer Richard Fletcher Thomas Nevile John Palmer Richard Clayton George Meriton Henry Beaumont William Piers John Towers Thomas Jackson John Cosin Edward Rainbowe James Duport Simon Patrick Richard Kidder Samuel Freeman White Kennett Richard Reynolds Edward Gee John Mandeville Francis Lockier John Thomas Robert Lamb Charles Tarrant Charles Manners-Sutton Peter Peckard

Late modern	Thomas Kipling James Monk Thomas Turton George Butler Augustus Saunders John Perowne Marsham Argles William Ingram William Barlow Arnold Page James Simpson Noel Christopherson Dick Wingfield-Digby Randolph Wise Michael Bunker Charles Taylor

Diocese of Peterborough

Peterborough Cathedral Bishop's Lodging, The Palace, Peterborough The Palace, Peterborough

Office holders	Donald Allister, Bishop of Peterborough John Holbrook, Bishop suffragan of Brixworth AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough Charles Taylor, Dean of Peterborough Christine Allsopp, Archdeacon of Northampton Gordon Steele, Archdeacon of Oakham

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Leicester (1837–1926; became Diocese of Leicester) Archdeacon of Loughborough (1921–1926; became Diocese of Leicester)

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