Richard Mayston
Richard John Forrester Mayston | |
|---|---|
| Provost of Leicester Cathedral | |
| In office 1958–1963 | |
The Very Rev Richard John Forrester Mayston was an eminent Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century.[1]
He was born in Dublin on 23 January 1907, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1931.[2] He began his career with a curacy in Holywood. Commissioned into the Royal Army Chaplains' Department, he served until 1958.[3] He then became Provost of Leicester Cathedral, a post he held until his death on 13 May 1963.[4]
Notes
- ^ The Mayston Chair
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ The Times, Tuesday, 14 May 1963; pg. 17; Issue 55700; col B Very Rev. R. J. F. Mayston Provost Of Leicester