David Maddock Explained

David Rokeby Maddock (30 May 1915 – 20 August 1984) was Bishop of Dunwich from 1967 to 1976.^[1]

He was born on 30 May 1915^[2] and educated at Clifton College^[3] and St Catherine's College, Oxford.

After ordination he was a curate at Chard^[4] and then Vicar of Wilton before 14 years as Rector of Wareham^[5] and finally, before his ordination to the episcopate, the Archdeacon of Sherborne (1961–1967) and, from 1966, also Rector of West Stafford in Dorset. He was then appointed Provost of St Edmundsbury (1976–1981).

Maddock was a Freemason, initiated in the Apollo University Lodge, Oxford, in 1937.^[6]

He died on 14 August 1984^[7] and was succeeded byWilliam Johnston.

Notes and References

1. http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/Archives/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqSearch=RefNo=='Ramsey/4-287/1967/114/214-227'&dsqCmd=Show.tcl National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
2. [Who's Who|“Who was Who” 1897-2007]
3. "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p452: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976
5. "The Churches of Wareham, Dorset, 4th edition", Maddock, D.R (Ed): Gloucester, British Publishing Company, 1948
6. Book: Oxford Freemasons: A Social History of Apollo University Lodge . Crook. Prof. Joe Mordaunt. Daniel. Dr. James Wallace. First . Oxford. Bodleian Library, University of Oxford . 2018 . 978-1-85124-467-6.
7. The Times, 20 August 1984, p. 12, "Obituaries"