Leslie Fisher Explained

Leslie Gravatt Fisher (18 August 1906  - 16 June 1988[1]) was an Anglican priest.[2] He was the Archdeacon of Chester from 1965 to 1975.[3]

Fisher was educated at Hertford Grammar School and the London College of Divinity. After a curacy in Northwood he held incumbencies at Blackheath and Bermondsey.[4] He was then home secretary of the Church Mission Society from 1947 until his archdeacon’s appointment.[5]

Notes and References

  1. "Deaths", The Times (London, England), 18 June 1988, p. 11.
  2. http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/Archives/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqSearch=RefNo=='W.Temple/1-62/9/254-409'&dsqCmd=Show.tcl National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  3. "Fisher, Ven. Leslie Gravatt", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 10 Oct 2012
  4. http://stmarysbermondsey.org.uk/previous-rectors/ St Mary's website
  5. Crockford's Clerical Directory, London OUP, 1948.

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