Stephen Phillimore Explained

The Hon. Stephen Henry Phillimore,^[1] M.C. (14 December 1881 – 16 April 1956)^[2] was Archdeacon of Middlesex^[3] from 1933^[4] until 1953.^[5]

The son of Walter Phillimore, 1st Baron Phillimore, he was educated at Winchester and Christ Church.^[6] After a curacy at St Michael and All Angels, Bromley-by-Bow, he was Chaplain attached to the Brigade of Guards, 2nd Brigade.^[7] After the war he held incumbencies in Nakusp, Seaforth and Stepney, where he was Rural Dean from 1926 to 1933. He was Vicar of St Thomas, Regent Street, from 1934 to 1940; then Rector of St George's, Hanover Square, from 1940^[8] to 1955.^[9]

Notes and References

1. http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp81133/stephen-henry-phillimore NPG details
2. Ven. S. H. Phillimore. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 18, 1956; pg. 13; Issue 53508
3. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/d027106b-4490-405a-8164-94d75463e654 National Archives
4. Ecclesiastical News. New Archdeacon of Middlesex The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 05, 1933; pg. 14; Issue 46515
5. ‘PHILLIMORE, Ven. Hon. Stephen Henry’, 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 24 March 2016
6. http://www.thepeerage.com/p54941.htm#i549407 thePeerage.com
7. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30399/supplement/12320/data.pdf London Gazette
8. http://www.stgeorgeshanoversquare.org/Rectors.html Church web-site
9. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]