Robert Meiklejohn Explained

Robert Meiklejohn[1] (20 December 18897 July 1974) was Archdeacon of Norwich from 1954[2] to 1961.[3]

Meiklejohn was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's and King's College, London. He was ordained in 1914. He was a Royal Naval chaplain from 1915 to 1919. He was vicar of Dorrington, Shropshire, from 1920 to 1925; a chaplain with the Missions to Seamen from 1926 to 1929; rector of Felbrigg with Metton from 1930 (and Sustead from 1947) to April 1961; and rural dean of Repps from 1945 to 1954. He retired as Archdeacon in mid-1961, and was made archdeacon emeritus around November that year.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ecclawsoc.org.uk/cccc/Volume%2001/Volume%2001%20Case%2003.pdf The Ecclesiastical Law Society
  2. Church Appointments The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 30 March 1954; p. 8; Issue 52893
  3. [Crockford's clerical directory|Crockfords 1967/8]