Reginald Waterfield

Reginald Waterfield (20 December 1867 – 8 March 1967) was an Anglican priest^[1] in the 20th century.^[2]

Education and career

He was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford,^[3] and was ordained in 1897.^[4] He was assistant master at Rugby School,^[5] then Principal of Cheltenham College, then Archdeacon of Cirencester (renamed Archdeacon of Cheltenham in 1919).^[6] In 1919 he became Dean of Hereford,^[7] a post he held until his retirement in 1947.^[8] He died in March 1967 aged 99 years and, following cremation, his ashes were buried in the Lady Arbour at Hereford Cathedral.^[9]

Freemasonry

Waterfield was a prominent Freemason, and served as Provincial Grand Master of Herefordshire from 1923 to 1946.^[10] The Dean Waterfield Lodge No 8089 in Hereford is named after him. He and his Bishop, Hensley Henson, were both founders of the Cantilupe Lodge No 4083,^[11] named after Thomas de Cantilupe of Hereford.

Family

Reginald Lawson Waterfield (1900-1986), haematologist and astronomer, was his son.^[12]

References

^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
^ The Times, Thursday, Mar 09, 1967; pg. 14; Issue 56885; col F Very Rev. R. Waterfield Former Dean And Headmaster
^ The Times, Friday, May 03, 1895; pg. 10; Issue 34567; col B University Intelligence
^ Ordinations Durham The Times Tuesday, Sep 21, 1897; pg. 8; Issue 35314; col F
^ Moir, Prebendary A.L. (1968). Deans of Hereford. Orphans Printing Press. p. 54.
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941
^ The New Dean Of Hereford The Times Monday, Dec 22, 1919; pg. 9; Issue 42289; col B
^ "Hereford Cathedral: a history" Aylmer, G/Tiller, J: London, Hambledon, 2000 ISBN 1-85285-194-5
^ Deans of Hereford. p. 56.
^ "Sitter: Very Rev. Reginald Waterfield (1867-1967)". V&A Lanayette Negative Archive. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
^ "Cantilupe Lodge - No 4083". Provincial Grand Lodge of Herefordshire. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
^ "Munks Roll Details for Reginald Lawson Waterfield". munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Sinclair	Archdeacon of Cirencester 1919–1919	Succeeded by Himself as Archdeacon of Cheltenham
Preceded by Himself as Archdeacon of Cirencester	Archdeacon of Cheltenham 1919–1919	Succeeded by George Gardner
Preceded by Wentworth Leigh	Dean of Hereford 1919–1946	Succeeded by Hedley Burrows

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[1] National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives

[2] The Times, Thursday, Mar 09, 1967; pg. 14; Issue 56885; col F Very Rev. R. Waterfield Former Dean And Headmaster

[3] The Times, Friday, May 03, 1895; pg. 10; Issue 34567; col B University Intelligence

[4] Ordinations Durham The Times Tuesday, Sep 21, 1897; pg. 8; Issue 35314; col F

[doh1-5] Moir, Prebendary A.L. (1968). Deans of Hereford. Orphans Printing Press. p. 54.

[6] Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941

[7] The New Dean Of Hereford The Times Monday, Dec 22, 1919; pg. 9; Issue 42289; col B

[8] "Hereford Cathedral: a history" Aylmer, G/Tiller, J: London, Hambledon, 2000 ISBN 1-85285-194-5

[doh2-9] Deans of Hereford. p. 56.

[10] "Sitter: Very Rev. Reginald Waterfield (1867-1967)". V&A Lanayette Negative Archive. Retrieved 28 May 2018.

[11] "Cantilupe Lodge - No 4083". Provincial Grand Lodge of Herefordshire. Retrieved 28 May 2018.

[12] "Munks Roll Details for Reginald Lawson Waterfield". munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

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v t e Deans of Hereford
High Medieval	Ralph Geoffrey Richard Hugh de Breusa Hugh de Mapenor Henry Thomas de Bosebir Ralph de Maidstone Stephen Thorne Ancelin/Anselm Giles de Avenbury John de Aqua-Blanca
Late Medieval	Stephen de Ledebury Thomas Trilleck William de Feriby William Bermingham John de Middleton John Harold John Prophet Thomas Felde John Bagshaw John Stanwey Henry Shelford John Berew Richard Pede Thomas Chaundler Oliver King John Hervey
Early modern	Reginald West Thomas Wolsey Edmund Frowcester Gamaliel Clifton Hugh Curwen Edmund Daniel John Ellis John Watkins Charles Langford Edward Doughtie Richard Montagu Oliver Lloyd Silvanus Griffiths Daniel Price John Richardson Jonathan Browne Herbert Croft Thomas Hodges George Benson John Tyler Robert Clavering John Harris Edward Cresset Edmund Castle John Egerton Francis Webber Nathan Wetherell
Late modern	William Leigh George Gretton Robert Carr Edward Mellish Edward Grey John Merewether Richard Dawes George Herbert Wentworth Leigh Reginald Waterfield Hedley Burrows Robert Price Norman Rathbone Peter Haynes Robert Willis Michael Tavinor Sarah Brown

v t e Diocese of Hereford
Hereford Cathedral The Palace, Hereford
Office holders	Richard Jackson, Bishop of Hereford AEO: Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Sarah Brown, Dean of Hereford Derek Chedzey, Archdeacon of Hereford Fiona Gibson, Archdeacon of Ludlow
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Shropshire/Salop (11th century–1876; renamed to Ludlow)

v t e Archdeacons of Cirencester and of Cheltenham
Cirencester	Henry Rudge Hayward John Sinclair Reginald Waterfield (became Archdeacon of Cheltenham)
Cheltenham	Reginald Waterfield (previously Archdeacon of Cirencester) George Gardner Alan Cornwall Frederick Sears Edmund Murray Ronald Sutch George Hutchins Eric Evans John Lewis Hedley Ringrose Robert Springett Phil Andrew

v t e Diocese of Gloucester
Gloucester Cathedral Bishopscourt, Gloucester Church House, Gloucester
Office holders	Rachel Treweek, Bishop of Gloucester Robert Springett, Bishop suffragan of Tewkesbury AEO: Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Andrew Zihni, Dean of Gloucester Phil Andrew, Archdeacon of Cheltenham Hilary Dawson, Archdeacon of Gloucester
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Cirencester (1882–1919; renamed to Archdeacon of Cheltenham)