Chandos Morgan Explained

Type:Priest
Honorific-Prefix:The Venerable
Chandos Morgan
Archdeacon of the Royal Navy
Church:Church of England
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Term:1972 to 1975
Predecessor:Ambrose Weekes
Successor:Basil O'Ferrall
Other Post:Chaplain of the Fleet
Ordination:1944
Birth Name:Chandos Clifford Hastings Mansel Morgan
Birth Date:12 August 1920
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Education:Stowe School
Alma Mater:Jesus College, Cambridge

Chandos Clifford Hastings Mansel Morgan, (12 August 1920 – 1 January 1993) was a Church of England priest and military chaplain. He was Chaplain of the Fleet and Archdeacon of the Royal Navy from 1972 to 1975.[1]

Early life

Morgan was born on 12 August 1920. He was educated at Stowe School, then an all-boys private school in Stowe, Buckinghamshire. He studied at Jesus College, Cambridge.[2]

Ordained ministry

Morgan was ordained in 1944.[3] After a curacy at Holy Trinity, Tunbridge Wells[4] he became a Naval Chaplain and served on (amongst others) HMS Pembroke, HMS Theseus, HMS Caledonia, HMS Ark Royal and HMS Collingwood before becoming head of the service as Chaplain of the Fleet.

On his retirement from the Royal Navy he was appointed chaplain of Dean Close School, Cheltenham, and subsequently Rector of St Margaret Lothbury by the Simeon Trust.

He died on 1 January 1993.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.anglesey-today.com/indefatigable.html Anglesay Today
  2. [Who's Who|"Who was Who" 1897–2007]
  3. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  4. Web site: Church web site . 1 August 2011 . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506190033/http://www.christchurchtunbridgewells.org/ . dead .