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Edward Taylor (priest)

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Edward Taylor (31 October 1921 – 24 October 1982) was Archdeacon of Warwick from 1974 until his death.

Education

Taylor was educated at King's College London and St Boniface College, Warminster. Career

Army Service

During World War Two

Taylor joined the British Army in 1940. He was an officer in the 14th Punjab Regiment from 1942 to 1945.

After World War Two

In 1946 he was appointed an honorary Captain in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment.

Ecclesiastical career

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Early career

Taylor was ordained Deacon in 1949, and Priest in 1950. After a curacy in Diss he was Vicar of St Paul, Stockingford from 1951 to 1957 then St Nicholas, Radford, Coventry from 1957 to 1964.

Later posts

He was Rector of Spernall with Morton Bagot and Oldberrow from 1965 to 1974; Priest in charge of Coughton with Sambourne from 1965 to 1974 (Vicar, 1970 to 1974. In 1975 he became Vicar of Sherbourne, Warwickshire, and lived at The Archdeacon's House there until his death.

References

  1. Deaths The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 26 October 1982; pg. 26; Issue 61372.
  2. Pigot, G. (1946). History of the 1st Battalion, 14th Punjab Regiment, Sherdil-ki-Paltan (late XIX Punjabis). New Delhi: Roxy Printing Press
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1951-52 p1266 London: Oxford University Press, 1951
  4. ‘TAYLOR, Ven. Edward’, 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 18 January 2017
Church of England titles
Preceded byJesse Heighton Proctor Archdeacon of Warwick
1983–1990
Succeeded byPeter Sydney Godfrey Bridges
Diocese of Coventry
Office holders
Historic offices
Archdeacons of Warwick and Archdeacons Missioner


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