Donald Tait

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Donald Tait was an Anglican priest, most notably Archdeacon of Rochester and canon residential of Rochester Cathedral from 1915 until his death. [1]

Tait was educated at Marlborough; Trinity Hall, Cambridge. [2] He was ordained in 1888 and was chaplain at Trinity College, Glenalmond then curate at Malvern Wells. [3] He was vicar of Bromley [4] from 1904 and rural dean of Rochester from 1909, relinquishing both posts when appointed a cathedral-based archdeacon.

Notes

  1. Obituary: Archdeacon Tait The Times (London, England), Monday, 26 September 1932; pg. 17; Issue 46248
  2. "Tait, Donald" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2018 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 12 April 2018.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1898 : London, Horace Cox, 1908
  4. National Archives
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Preceded by Archdeacon of Rochester
1915–1932
Succeeded by


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