Peter Judd (priest) explained

Peter Somerset Margesson Judd DL (born 20 February 1949)^[1] is a retired priest, having retired as Dean of Chelmsford on 6 October 2013.^{[2] [3]}

Born in Calgary, Alberta,^[4] he was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity Hall, Cambridge and ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1974.^{[5] [6]} He began his ecclesiastical career as a Curate at St Philip with St Stephen, Salford after which he was Chaplain and Fellow at Clare College, Cambridge. He was Team Vicar of Hitcham and Dropmore from 1981 to 1988 and then Rural Dean of Cowley until he became Rector and Provost of Chelmsford Cathedral in 1997, and Dean in 2000.^{[7] [8] [9]}

Notes and References

1. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U22560/JUDD_Very_Rev._Peter_Somerset_Margesson Who's Who 2012 – JUDD, Peter Somerset Margesson
2. http://www.chelmsford.anglican.org/cathedral-dean-appointed-deputy-lieutenant.html Cathedral Dean Appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Essex
3. http://www.chelmsfordcathedral.org.uk/news/peter-judd-an-outstanding-dean-of-chelmsford-retires.html Chelmsford Cathedral – Judd 'Outstanding' Dean Retires
4. http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/j/18945/Peter%20Somerset%20Margesson+JUDD.aspx The Very Rev the Dean of Chelmsford, DL
5. Who's Who; 2008. London: A & C Black, 2008
6. [Crockford's Clerical Directory|Crockford’s 1975-76]
7. http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/j/18945/Peter%20Somerset%20Margesson+JUDD.aspx The Very Rev the Dean of Chelmsford, DL
8. http://www.godspell.org.uk/nicholas/frontpages/retiring.html The Retiring Area Dean of Cowley
9. http://www.chelmsfordcathedral.org.uk/news/peter-judd-an-outstanding-dean-of-chelmsford-retires.html Chelmsford Cathedral – Judd 'Outstanding' Dean Retires