Walter Matthews (priest) explained

Type:Priest
Honorific Prefix:The Very Reverend
Walter Matthews
Dean of St Paul's
Church:Church of England
Diocese:London
Term:1934–1967
Retired:1967
Predecessor:William Ralph Inge
Successor:Martin Sullivan
Other Post:Dean of Exeter (1931–1934)
Ordination:1907
Birth Name:Walter Robert Matthews
Birth Date:22 September 1881
Birth Place:London, England
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Nationality:British
Religion:Anglicanism
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Walter Robert Matthews [1] (22 September 1881  - 4 December 1973) was an Anglican priest, theologian, and philosopher.

Early life and education

Born on 22 September 1881 in Camberwell, London, to parents Philip Walter Matthews, a banker, and Sophia Alice Self, he was educated at Wilson's School and trained for the priesthood at King's College London.

Ordained ministry

He was ordained deacon in 1907 and priest in 1908[2] and was a curate at St Mary Abbots' Kensington and St Peter's Regent Square. After that he was a lecturer in and then a professor of theology at King's College London.[3] From 1918 he was also Dean of the college.[4] In 1931 he became an Honorary Chaplain to the King[5] and Dean of Exeter.[6] Then in 1934 he became Dean of St Paul's,[7] a post he held for 33 years. At the time of his appointment, he was president-elect of the Modern Churchmen's Union. He was described by his predecessor, William Ralph Inge, as something of an "Orthodox Modernist".

On 2 June 1940 the term "miracle of Dunkirk" was used for the first time by Matthews in a speech. He was praising the rescue of thousands of British soldiers and their allies from being encircled by the German Army in France.

He died on 4 December 1973.[8] [9]

Published works

Matthews was an author. Among his works:

References

Works cited

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . 2015 . Companions of Honour . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . https://web.archive.org/web/20160313053148/http://www.leighrayment.com/misc/compofhonor.htm . 13 March 2016 . usurped . 11 November 2017.
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1971-72. London, OUP, 1973, p. 636
  3. Web site: College archives . 5 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007224713/http://wwwcache1.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/iss/archives/collect/10ki4653.html . 7 October 2011 . dead . dmy-all .
  4. http://www.umds.ac.uk/content/1/c4/25/88/heulin.pdf History of King's College Chapel
  5. News: 28 October 1931 . Chaplain to the King . The Times . 45965 . p. 12, col. E.
  6. News: 14 October 1931 . New Dean of Exeter . The Times . 45953 . p. 12, col. F.
  7. 1934 . Dean to St. Paul's . https://web.archive.org/web/20101125053021/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930013,00.html . dead . 25 November 2010 . subscription. Time . 34 . 23 . 11 November 2017.
  8. News: 5 December 1973 . Dr W. R. Matthews Former Dean of St Paul's . The Times . 58956 . p. 21, col. F.
  9. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar 1974, p. 5926

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