Lawrence Winston Harland, MBE[1] (19 November 1905 – 10 March 1977) was an Anglican priest, most notably Archdeacon of Rochester and Canon Residential of Rochester Cathedral from 1951[2] to 1969.
Lawrence was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and Chichester Theological College. He was ordained in 1932 and began his ministry with curacies in Bingley and Skipton.[3] He was priest in charge at St Martin, Bradford then vicar of Menston. He was a chaplain to the British Armed Forces during World War II. He became priest-vicar of Lichfield Cathedral in 1946; general secretary of Christian Reconstruction of Europe in 1947; and general secretary of the Advisory Committee of Christian Churches for the Festival of Britain in 1951. He was an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen from 1966 to 1975.