Charles Borrett Explained

The Ven. Charles Walter Borrett (15 September 1916  - 30 November 2000) was Archdeacon of Stoke-on-Trent from 1956[1] to 1970.[2]

Borrett was educated at Framlingham College, Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Ridley Hall, Cambridge; and ordained deacon in 1941, and priest in 1943.[3] After curacies at Newmarket and Wolverhampton he was Vicar of Tettenhall Regis from 1949 to 1971.[4] [5] He was Rural Dean of Trysull from 1958 to 1971; Prebendary of Flixton in Lichfield Cathedral from 1964 to 1971; Priest in charge of Sandon from 1975 to 1982; and an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen from 1980 to 1986.

Notes and References

  1. Ecclesiastical News The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jun 06, 1956; pg. 11; Issue 53550
  2. "The Pomfretian" July 1970 p2
  3. [Crockford's clerical directory|Crockfords]
  4. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/50700/page/14039/data.pdf The London Gazette
  5. ‘BORRETT, Ven. Charles Walter’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 4 Feb 2017