Edwin Le Grice Explained

Frederick Edwin Le Grice^[1] was an Anglican priest in the latter part of the 20th century.

He was born on 14 December 1911 at Harleston, Norfolk and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge.^[2] Ordained in 1936 he began his career with curacies in Leeds and Paignton.^[3] Subsequently, Vicar of Totteridge^[4] he was then appointed a Canon Residentiary of St Albans Cathedral, a post he held until his appointment as Dean of Ripon in 1968.^[5] He retired in 1984 after 16 years in post and died on 25 June 1992 at Ripon.

A large stained glass window in the Cathedral is dedicated to Edwin Le Grice. It features medieval stained glass found when the Cathedral was being restored and a line of one of his poems, "Surround us with your symphony of praise, God's messengers of light.'

References

1. Web site: Always known as Edwin . 27 September 2008 . 23 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723180951/http://www.legrice.net/phpGedView/individual.php?pid=I483&ged=legrice.ged . dead .
2. [Who's Who|“Who was Who”]
3. During which time he wrote “The story of the parish church of St.John Baptist, Paignton” (Published 1946)
4. [Crockford's clerical directory]
5. [The Times]