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Archdeacon of Lichfield

The Ven. Basil Stratton (7 April 1906 - 9 May 2000) was Archdeacon of Lichfield and Canon Treasurer of Lichfield Cathedral from 1959 to 1974.

Stratton was educated at Lincoln School and Durham University. He was an active member of the Durham University Boat Club, serving as stroke for the university in both the Coxless Four and the Eight. He also attempted to row across the River Wear in a bathtub, which sank and never recovered.

Stratton was ordained deacon in 1930; and priest in 1931. After a curacy at St Stephen, Grimsby he was an SPG Missionary in India from 1932 to 1934; and with the Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment from 1935 to 1941. He was a Chaplain to the British Armed Forces from 1941 to 1947, serving in Iraq, India, Burma and Malaya, and was also Mentioned in dispatches. In 1948 he became Vicar of Figheldean; and in 1953 of Market Drayton. He was also an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen from 1965 to 1976.

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His wife Fay died aged 98 in 2005 > Deaths. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, August 02, 2005; pg. 44; Issue 68455.
Lives in Brief. The Times (London, England), Monday, June 26, 2000
"Durham University Calendar 1936-7". reed.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
^ "The Venerable Basil Stratton". The Telegraph. 17 May 2000. Archived from the original on 27 February 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
^ "Stratton, Ven. Basil, (27 April 1906–9 May 2000)". Who's Who. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
Telegraph obituary
London Gazette

v t e Archdeacons of Stafford and of Lichfield
High Medieval (Stafford)	Robert William Helias Ralph de Thamewood Alan Henry Marshal Alexander Henry de Loundres Helyas Robert of Gloucester William of York R. de Langdon Robert of Stafford Richard de Mepham Thomas de Cantilupe Adam Paine Rayner de Vichio/Florence
Late Medieval (Stafford)	John de Brunforte Robert de Patrika John Clarel William de Apeltre Roger de Depyng Richard de Birmingham Roger de Dorkyng John de Marisco William de Grenburgh John de Sulgrave John de Outheby Richard de Toppeclyve Henry Davyd John Fyton Thomas Barton John Fyton (again) William de Admondeston Ralph Prestbury Roger Wall John Wendesley Thomas Hawkins William Moggys William Duffield Edward Willughby John Wardroper Adam Grafton Geoffrey Blythe John Blythe Nicholas Heath John Redman
Early modern (Stafford)	John Dakyn Richard Walker Thomas Bickley Humphrey Tyndall John Fulnetby Martin Tinley Francis Coke Nathaniel Ellison Thomas Allen James Brooks Edmund Law John Carver William Brereton Robert Nares George Hodson Henry Moore
Late modern (Stafford)	John Iles Melville Scott Robert Hodgson Charles Blakeway Hugh Bright Robert Hodson William Parker Basil Stratton Richard Ninis (became Archdeacon of Lichfield)
Lichfield	Richard Ninis (previously Archdeacon of Stafford) George Frost Chris Liley Simon Baker Sue Weller (designate)

v t e Diocese of Lichfield
Lichfield Cathedral Bishop's House, Lichfield St Mary's House, Lichfield Area scheme (1992–present)
Office holders	Michael Ipgrave, Bishop of Lichfield Tim Wambunya, area Bishop of Wolverhampton Sarah Bullock, area Bishop of Shrewsbury Matthew Parker, area Bishop of Stafford Jan McFarlane, Dean of Lichfield and honorary assistant bishop Anne Hollinghurst, Principal of The Queen's Foundation and honorary assistant bishop AEO: the Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Sue Weller, Archdeacon of Lichfield Megan Smith, Archdeacon of Stoke Archdeacon of Salop (vacant) Archdeacon of Walsall (vacant)
Provincial episcopal visitors	Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Chester (12th century – 1541; erected into Chester diocese) Archdeacon of Stafford (12 C. – 1980; renamed to Lichfield archdeaconry) Archdeacon of Coventry (12 C. – 1837; moved to Worcester then erected into Coventry diocese) Archdeacon of Derby (12th C. – 1884; moved to Southwell then erected into Derby diocese)

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