John Lawton (priest)
John Arthur Lawton (19 January 1913 - 29 April 1995) was the Archdeacon of Warrington from 1970 until 1981.[1]
Lawton was educated at Rugby, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and Ripon College Cuddesdon; and ordained in 1938.[2] He was a Curate at St Dunstan, Edgehill (1937–40); Vicar of St Anne Wigan[3] (1940–56), St Luke, Southport (1956–60) and Kirkby (1960–69); and Canon Diocesan of Liverpool (1963–87).
Notes
- ^ ‘LAWTON, Ven. John Arthur’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 2 Aug 2015
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ^ Wigan World