Lawrence Harland

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Lawrence Winston Harland, MBE [1] (19 November 1905; 10 March 1977) was an Anglican priest, most notably Archdeacon of Rochester and Canon Residential of Rochester Cathedral from 1951 [2] to 1969.

Lawrence was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and Chichester Theological College. [3] He was ordained in 1932 and began his ministry with curacies in Bingley and Skipton. [4] He was priest in charge at St Martin, Bradford then vicar of Menston. He was a chaplain to the British Armed Forces during World War II. He became priest-vicar of Lichfield Cathedral in 1946; general secretary of Christian Reconstruction of Europe in 1947; and general secretary of the Advisory Committee of Christian Churches for the Festival of Britain in 1951. He was an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen from 1966 to 1975.

Notes

  1. London gazette
  2. Church Appointments. The Times (London, England), Saturday, 10 November 1951; pg. 2; Issue 52155
  3. "Harland, Lawrence Winston" . 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.)
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76:London, OUP, 1976 ISBN   0-19-200008-X
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Preceded by Archdeacon of Rochester
1951–1969
Succeeded by


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