Cyril Twitchett Explained

Cyril Frederick Twitchett (1890  - 3 September 1950) was an Anglican archdeacon[1] and an Honorary Chaplain to the King[2] in the second quarter of the Twentieth century.[3]

Twitchett was born in Sudbury, Suffolk. He was educated at King's College London and ordained in 1913.[4] He served curacies at St Benet Fink, Tottenham; St Hilda's Thurnscoe and St Paul's Sheffield. From 1920 to 1924 he was clerical secretary of the Life and Liberty Movement, then a bishop's messenger at Liverpool Cathedral from 1925 to 1931 when he became a residentiary canon of the cathedral.[5]

He was Archdeacon of Warrington from 1933 to 1934; and then Archdeacon of Liverpool until his death in Liverpool on 3 September 1950.[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34648/supplement/5103/data.pdf The London Gazette
  2. "Chaplains To The King", The Times (London, England), 26 July 1939, p. 8.
  3. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/4820d87e-e71f-47f9-8853-428550697f71 National Archives
  4. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  5. "Twichett, Ven. Cyril Frederick", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 1 June 2015
  6. "The Archdeacon Of Liverpool", The Times (London, England), 5 September 1950, p. 8.