John Waddington (priest) explained

John Albert Henry Waddington,[1] MBE, TD (10 February 1910 – 23 November 1994) was the Provost of St Edmundsbury[2] from 1958 to 1976.[3]

He was educated at Wandsworth Grammar School and the London College of Divinity and ordained in 1934.[4] His first ecclesiastical posts were curacies at St Andrew's, Streatham and St Paul's, Furzedown.[5] After this he was Rector of Great Bircham from 1938 to 1945 then Vicar of St Peter Mancroft, Norwich[6] until 1958.

In 1968 Waddington was appointed Grand Chaplain of the Royal Masonic Order.[7]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait.php?LinkID=mp77250&rNo=0&role=sit NPG details
  2. http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Persons&id=GB%2f109%2f7799&pos=1 National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  3. The Pictorial History of St. Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk by John Albert Henry Waddington, Andover, Pitkin, 1961
  4. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  5. [Who's Who|''Who was Who'' 1897-2007]
  6. http://www.stpetermancroft.org.uk/ Church web-site
  7. "News of Old Boys". The Link, Wandsworth School Magazine. Page 19. December 1968.

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