David Frayne Explained

David Frayne was an Anglican priest and Provost of Blackburn Cathedral.^{[1] [2]}

He was educated at Reigate Grammar School and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and ordained in 1961.^[3] He was Curate at St Michael, East Wickham. Then Priest in charge of St Barnabas, Downham.^[4] He held incumbencies at The Barn Church, Kew,^[5] Caterham, Redcliffe, Bristol,^[6] and Bedminster before he was appointed Provost of Blackburn in December 1992.

Frayne retired in September 2001 as dean following the reclassification of all provosts the previous year.^{[7] [8] [9]}

Notes and References

1. News: Church makes a case for role in 2000. lancashiretelegraph.co.uk. 15 October 1997. 18 October 2020.
2. Handbook of British Chronology. Fryde, E.B; Greenway, D.E; Porter, S.; Roy, I. Cambridge University Press, 1996
3. Crockford’s 1975-76, Lambeth, Church House, 1975
4. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008
5. The Kew Clergy and the Cross of Nails. Blomfield, David. David Blomfield. The Link - the magazine for the Kew parishes of St Luke's and St Philip's. September 2012. 36. 4.
6. The Times, 5 July 1984; p. 13; Issue 61875; col G Letters page
7. News: Celebration is the icing on the cake. lancashiretelegraph.co.uk. 26 September 2000. 17 October 2020.
8. News: Dean saying a fond farewell. Lancashire Telegraph. 25 January 2001. 28 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202000/http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/2001/01/25/6047953.Dean_saying_a_fond_farewell/. 29 October 2013. dead.
9. News: Dean's off to a life of 'walking and the cello'. Lancashire Telegraph. 30 August 2001. 28 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202901/http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/2001/08/30/6012157.Dean_s_off_to_a_life_of__walking_and_the_cello_/. 29 October 2013. dead.