Richard Mason (priest) explained

Richard John Mason (1929–1997) was an eminent Anglican clergyman in the second half of the 20th century.^[1]

The son of Vice-Admiral Sir Frank Mason, he was educated at Shrewsbury School. After an earlier career as a journalist he studied for ordination at Lincoln Theological College. He was priested in 1959 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Bishop's Hatfield. From 1964 to 1969 he was Chaplain to the Bishop of London, Robert Stopford. He then held incumbencies at Dunton Green, Edenbridge and Sevenoaks.^[2] He was Archdeacon of Tonbridge from 1977 to 1985.^[3]

Notes and References

1. ‘MASON, Rev. Canon Richard John’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 8 Nov 2016
2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76 London: OUP, 1976
3. Web site: Our Building | Edenbridge Parish Church . edenbridgeparishchurch.com. 8 Nov 2016.