Michael Paton (priest) explained

The Venerable Michael John Macdonald Paton was an eminent Anglican priest and author^[1] in the 20th century.^[2]

Paton was born on 25 November 1922,^[3] and educated at Repton and Magdalen College, Oxford. After service with the Indian Army and the Foreign Office,^[4] he was ordained in 1954.^[5] He was a curate at All Saints’, Gosforth and then held incumbencies at St Chad's, Sheffield and St Mark's, Broomhill. In 1978 he was appointed Archdeacon of Sheffield, a post he held for nine years. He died on 6 November 2016.^[6]

References

1. Amongst others he wrote “Essays in Anglican Self-criticism”, 1958; “More Sermons from Great St Mary’s”, 1971; “Religion and Medicine”, 1976; and “Mud and Stars”, 1991 > British Library website accessed 15:22 GMT 5 July 2011
2. http://chrispatonscotland.tripod.com/id37.html Genealogical web site
3. [Who's Who|“Who was Who” 1897-2007]
4. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/38952/pages/3257/page.pdf London Gazette
5. [Crockford's clerical directory]
6. Web site: Michael Paton's Obituary on The Star. The Star. 21 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180121125850/http://announcements.johnstonpress.co.uk/obituaries/thestar-uk/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=182489618. 21 January 2018.