Eric Porter Goff - Misplaced Pages

This British surname is barrelled, being made up of multiple names. It should be written as Porter Goff, not Goff.

Eric Noel Porter Goff was an Anglican priest.

He was born on Christmas Eve 1902, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1927. His first posts were at Christ Church, Westminster, St. Michael's Church, Chester Square and Immanuel, Streatham. In 1939 he became Provost of Portsmouth. He resigned in 1972 and died on 4 April 1981. His clerical career ended in sad circumstances.

References

“Who was Who”, 1897-2007, London, A & C Black, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
History in Portsmouth Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
Obituary Rev E. N. Porter Goff, The Times, 7 April 1981; pg. 14; Issue 60896; col F
The Birmingham Post, 2 August 1972; pg. 1; Issue 35481; col A

Church of England titles
Preceded byThomas Heywood Masters	Provost of Portsmouth 1939 – 1972	Succeeded byMichael John Nott

v t e Provosts and Deans of Portsmouth
Provosts	Bernard Williams Thomas Masters Eric Porter Goff Michael Nott David Stancliffe Michael Yorke William Taylor (became Dean)
Deans	William Taylor (previously Provost) David Brindley Peter Leonard (Acting) Anthony Cane

v t e Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth
Portsmouth Cathedral Bishopsgrove, Fareham Portsmouth Diocesan Office
Office holders	Jonathan Frost, Bishop of Portsmouth AEO: Luke Irvine-Capel, Bishop suffragan designate of Richborough & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Anthony Cane, Dean of Portsmouth Jenny Rowley, Archdeacon-designate of Portsdown Steve Daughtery, Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight Kathryn Percival, Archdeacon of the Meon
Historic offices	Provost of Portsmouth (1927–2000; see Dean of Portsmouth) Archdeacon of Portsmouth (1924–1999)