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Harold Anson

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Anson in February 1935.

Harold Anson (1867 – 1954), was an English Anglican priest, most notably Master of the Temple from 1935 until his death.[1]

Notes

The son of Rev. Frederick Anson, Canon of Windsor, and Caroline, eldest daughter of George Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon, he was educated at Clifton College[2] and Christ Church, Oxford.[3] He was ordained deacon in 1890 and priest in 1891.[4] After a curacy in St Pancras he held incumbencies at Whitton and Hāwera. He was Warden of St John's College, Auckland from 1902 until 1905; Rector of Badsworth, 1906–10; of Birch-in-Rusholme; of Primrose Hill, 1919–22; St Martin in the Fields, 1922–28; and Vicar of Tandridge, 1928–35 (Rural Dean of Godstone, 1930–35).

References

  1. ^ "Anson, Harold". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (February 2018 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 19 January 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p106: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
  3. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Anson, Harold" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p25 London: Oxford University Press, 1929