Dick Wingfield-Digby
Richard Shuttleworth "Dick" Wingfield-Digby (19 August 1911 – 29 January 2007)[1] was the Dean of Peterborough in the Church of England from 1966 until 1980.[2]
He was educated at the Nautical College, Pangbourne and Christ's College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1937 and began his career with a curacy at St Andrew’s, Rugby.[3] He then became a Chaplain to the Forces and was a Prisoner of war from 1940 until 1945.[4] When peace returned he became Vicar of All Saints, Newmarket[5] and then Rural Dean of Bury[6] before his elevation to the Deanery.[7]
References
- ↑ The Very Rev Dick Wingfield Digby
- ↑ The Times, 26 Jan 1980; pg. 16; Issue 60534; col A Resignation of the Dean of Peterborough
- ↑ Church web-site
- ↑ Who's Who 1970 p2163 ISBN 0-7136-1140-5
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ↑ Bury Parish Church
- ↑ Church Times Obituary
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| Preceded by Noel Charles Christopherson |
Dean of Peterborough 1966–1980 |
Succeeded by Randolph George Wise |
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