Type: | Priest |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Venerable |
George Fox | |
Archdeacon of Wisbech | |
Church: | Church of England |
Diocese: | Diocese of Ely |
Term: | 1964 to 1978 |
Ordination: | 1936 |
Birth Name: | Benjamin George Burton Fox |
Birth Date: | 28 July 1912 |
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Nationality: | British |
Religion: | Anglicanism |
Children: | Five |
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Education: | King Edward VI Grammar School, Norwich |
Alma Mater: | University of London |
Benjamin George Burton Fox, (28 July 1912 – 6 November 1978)[1] was a British Anglican priest and military chaplain. He was Archdeacon of Wisbech in the Diocese of Ely from 1964 until his death.[2] [3]
Fox was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Norwich, a private school in Norwich. He studied at the University of London.[4]
Fox was ordained in 1936. He served curacies in Guildford and Bath. After this he was a Chaplain to the Forces during World War II.[5] When peace returned he held incumbencies in Potten End, Bedford, Montego Bay (where he was also the Archdeacon of Cornwall from 1950 to 1955), Fulham[6] and Haddenham.[7]
In 1943, Fox married The Honourable Margaret Joan Davidson, daughter of J. C. C. Davidson, 1st Viscount Davidson. Together they had five children; one son and four daughters.