Harry Radcliffe Explained

Harry Sydney Radcliffe (7 May 1867 - 6 October 1949) was Archdeacon of Lynn from 1926 to 1946; and as such he played a leading role in the removal of the Rector of Stiffkey in 1932.^[1]

The fourth son of Sir David Radcliffe,^[2] Lord Mayor of Liverpool from 1884 to 1886, he was born in that city^[3] on 7 May 1867 and educated at its college.^[4] In 1884 he was commissioned as a volunteer officer into the Liverpool Rifles.^[5] He graduated from Exeter College, Oxford in 1893 and was ordained after a period of study at Leeds Clergy School two years later. Radcliffe began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy in Aspull.^[6] After this he was Rector of Gaywood, Norfolk^[7] from 1906 to 1946; and Rural Dean of Lynn from 1918 to 1926.

An authority on Norfolk Church plate,^[8] he died at Fakenham on 6 October 1949.^[9]

Notes and References

1. The Rector Of Stiffkey The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 13, 1932; pg. 14; Issue 46158; Stiffkey Parish Church The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jun 14, 1932; pg. 11; Issue 46159.; The Rector Of Stiffkey Bishop’s sentence of Deprivation The Times (London, England), Saturday, Oct 22, 1932; pg. 7; Issue 46271
2. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/sir-david-radcliffe-18341907-98395 Art UK
3. http://thepeerage.com/p34797.htm#i347966 thePeerage.com
4. ‘RADCLIFFE, Ven. Harry Sydney’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Oct 2012 accessed 29 July 2013
5. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25373/pages/3060/page.pdf London Gazette
6. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
7. http://www.bereregis.org/Docs/Parish%20Council/Parish%20Magazines/2010s/2010/Bere%20Regis%20Parish%20Magazine%20-%20October%202010.pdf Bere Regis.org
8. http://www.churchcare.co.uk/cathedrals/conservation/caring-conservation-of-artworks-and-historic-furnishings-cathedrals/plate Church Care
9. Obituary The Times (London, England), Saturday, Oct 08, 1949; pg. 7; Issue 51507