Dick Wingfield-Digby
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Richard Shuttleworth "Dick" Wingfield-Digby (19 August 1911 – 29 January 2007) was the Dean of Peterborough in the Church of England from 1966 until 1980.[1]
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.[2] He then became a Chaplain to the Forces and was a Prisoner of war from 1940 until 1945.[3] When peace returned he became Vicar of All Saints, Newmarket[4] then Rural Dean of Bury[5] before his elevation to the Deanery.[6]
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| Preceded by Noel Charles Christopherson |
Dean of Peterborough 1966–1980 |
Succeeded by Randolph George Wise |
References [edit]
- ^ 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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