Peter Marshall (Anglican priest) explained

Peter Jerome Marshall (1940 – 20 June 2020) was an Anglican priest.[1]

He was born in 1940 in Buenos Aires, the son of the Rev Guy Marshall (subsequently Bishop in Venezuela) and Dorothy Whiting.[2]

Marshall was educated at St. John's School, Leatherhead, McGill University and Westcott House, Cambridge, following which he was ordained deacon in 1963 and priest in 1964.[3] His first posts were curacies at East Ham[4] and Woodford. After this he was the vicar of St Peter-in-the-Forest, Walthamstow[5] then deputy director of training for the Diocese of Chelmsford and a canon residentiary at its Cathedral. From 1985 to 1997 he was director of training and a canon residentiary for the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds. He was then appointed to the post of Dean of Worcester[6] which he held until his retirement in 2006.

Marshall married Nancy Elliott in 1965, and they had three children.[7] In retirement, they lived in Canada.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=37485 PRnewswire
  2. Church Times, 9 October 2020, p 35.
  3. [Who's Who|"Who was Who" 1897-2007]
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976
  5. http://www.church-in-the-forest.co.uk/ Church web-site
  6. http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page10220 Official notification of appointment
  7. Web site: Globe and Mail death notice. 9 October 2020.