Benjamin Lewers
Benjamin Hugh Lewers (25 March 1932 – 25 March 2015) was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century.
Lewers was born on 25 March 1932,[1] educated at Sherborne School and Selwyn College, Cambridge, and ordained in 1962.[2] After a curacy at St Mary, Northampton he was Priest in charge of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Hounslow. From 1968 to 1975 he was an industrial chaplain at Heathrow Airport. After a further incumbency at Newark he was appointed the fifth Provost of Derby Cathedral in 1981.[3] He resigned in 1997 and lived in Marshwood, Dorset, where for many years he assisted at the local church, St Mary the Virgin.
Lewers died on 25 March 2015.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ^ The Times, Friday, Jul 17, 1981; pg. 16; Issue 60982; col B New Provost of Derby
- ^ "The Very Revd Benjamin Hugh Lewers". The Church Times. Retrieved 14 January 2021.