Lancelot Phelps (priest) explained

Lancelot Ridley Phelps^[1] (b Sevenoaks 3 November 1853; d Oxford 16 December 1936)^[2] was Provost of Oriel College, Oxford^[3] from 1914 to 1930.

Phelps was educated at Charterhouse^[4] and Oriel College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1872, graduating B.A. in 1877. He was ordained as a deacon in the Church of England in 1879,^[5] but not as a priest until 1896. His career was spent as a Fellow and Tutor at Oriel. He was also an Alderman of Oxford and a member of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress from 1905 to 1909.^[6]

Notes and References

1. https://www.artuk.org/discover/artworks/lancelot-ridley-phelps-hon-dcl-provost-19141929-222965 Portrait of Phelps
2. The Rev. L. R. Phelps. The Times (London, England), Thursday,  17 December 1936; pg. 18; Issue 47560
3. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F65277 National Archives
4. 24136. Lancelot Ridley . Phelps. Phelps, Lancelot Ridley.
5. "GENERAL ORDINATIONS" The Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, 24 September 1879; pg. 2; Issue 33461
6. Poor Law Commission The Times (London, England), Thursday, 18 February 1909; pg. 3; Issue 38886