Lawrence Harland
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 Two. 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
- ^ London gazette
- ^ Church Appointments. The Times (London, England), Saturday, 10 November 1951; pg. 2; Issue 52155
- ^ Harland. "Harland, Lawrence Winston". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2018 online ed.). A & C Black.
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