Cecil Cooper (priest) explained

Cecil Henry Hamilton Cooper (25 October 1871^[1] – 6 January 1942) was Dean of Carlisle^[2] from 1933 to 1938.

Born into an ecclesiastical family in Beyton, Suffolk,^[3] Cooper was the son of Henry William Cooper, sometime Vicar of West Norwood.^[4] he was educated at Pocklington School and Keble College, Oxford and ordained in 1895. After curacies at St Mary's Alverstoke^[5] and St Faith with St Cross Hospital, Winchester he held incumbencies in Winchester and Scarborough^[6] before being appointed Archdeacon of York in 1923. A decade later he was elevated to the Deanery,^[7] retiring in 1938. He died on 6 January 1942.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Book: The Official Year-book of the National Assembly of the Church of England . 1933 . Church of England National Assembly [and] Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge . 71 . 12 February 2020 . en.
2. http://www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk/cumbria/dean_and_chapter_f.html Deans of Carlisle
3. 1911 England Census
4. Who was Who 1897–1990. London, A & C Black, 1991
5. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
6. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/PhotoTs/NRY/ScarboroughStMaryVicars.html Vicars of Scarborough
7. New Dean Of Carlisle Archdeacon Of York Appointed The Times Wednesday, 15 February 1933; p. 12; Issue 46369; col D
8. [The Times]