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Thomas Malcolm Layng
Born	(1892-04-23)23 April 1892
Died	21 April 1958(1958-04-21) (aged 65) Cheltenham

Thomas Malcolm Layng, CBE, MC & Bar (23 April 1892 – 21 April 1958) was an Anglican soldier and clergyman who served as Deputy Chaplain-General to the Forces, Archdeacon of York and chaplain to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II.

Early life and education

Layng was the son of Dr Henry Layng of Swatow, China, and nephew of Thomas Layng, headmaster of Abingdon School. He was educated first at Abingdon School (1900–06) and then at Clifton College (1906–11) before entering Balliol College, Oxford.

Career

Layng joined the Indian Army, and was awarded a Military Cross in the First World War. His brother George Reginald Stuart Layng was killed during the war in 1916. Thomas was Brigade Major on the Afghan frontier (1919) and then involved in the campaign against the Waziris (1920 and 1923). Abandoning his military career he was ordained (1932) and became curate of Berkeley and dock chaplain at Sharpness (1933), rector of Duloe, Cornwall (1934–38) and chaplain and fellow of his old Oxford College (1938).

He served in the Second World War in the Royal Army Chaplains' Department and was awarded a bar to his Military Cross at Dunkirk (1940). He was deputy Chaplain-General to the Mediterranean forces (1945) and rector of Burnaby and Nunburnholme (1946–48) and Archdeacon of York (1946–47).

Layng was chaplain to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II (1940–51) and awarded an MBE (1924) and CBE (1945). Latterly he served as vicar of Kemble and Poole Keynes (1950–55). He dedicated the Second World War memorial at Abingdon School chapel (1949).

His funeral was held at St Mark Cheltenham on Friday 25 April 1958.

Church of England titles
Preceded byArthur Creyke England	Archdeacon of York 1946 – 1947	Succeeded byGeorge Frederick Townley

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v t e Archdeacons of York
*Diocesan archdeacons:** Durand Hugh Gerard William William of Beverley William son of Tole
High Medieval	Walter of London Robert Butevilain Geoffrey Ralph d'Aunay Peter of Dinan Adam of Thorner Sampson Walter Laurence of Lincoln Sewal de Bovil William Langton John de Langeton the elder Reiner of Skipton Godfrey Giffard Robert Burnell Thomas de Wythen Walter of Gloucester William de Hambleton
Late Medieval	Aymo of Savoy Peter Cardinal de Prés Stephen Cardinal Albert Philippe Cardinal de Cabassoles Peter Cardinal Gomez de Albornoz Simon Cardinal Langham Gui Cardinal de Maillesec John de Thoern Peter Cardinal Corsini Francis Cardinal Carboni Richard Conyngston Francis Cardinal Uguccioni Roger Coryngham William Pilton Raynald Cardinal de Brancatiis Francis Cardinal Zarabella William Felter Thomas Kempe Andrew Holes Thomas Chippenham Ralph Booth Henry Carnebull John Aleyne/Carver Brian Higden Hugh Ashton Thomas Wynter Thomas Westbie
Early modern	George Palmes John Stokes William Chaderton Robert Ramsden Christopher Gregorie Roger Acrode Henry Hooke Henry Wickham Richard Marshe Edmund Diggle Knightly Chetwood Charles Blake Thomas Hayter Edmund Pyle William Cooper Charles Cooper Robert Markham Stuart Corbett Stephen Creyke
Late modern	Basil Jones Frederick Watkins Robert Crosthwaite Cecil Cooper Arthur England Thomas Layng George Townley Charles Forder Leslie Stanbridge George Austin Richard Seed Sarah Bullock John Weetman (Acting) Samantha Rushton
* territories not recorded

v t e Diocese of York
York Minster Bishopthorpe Palace Diocesan House, York
Office holders	Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York and Primate of England Eleanor Sanderson, Bishop suffragan of Hull Flora Winfield, Bishop suffragan of Selby Barry Hill, Bishop suffragan of Whitby AEO: the Bishop suffragan of Beverley & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Dominic Barrington, Dean of York Andy Broom, Archdeacon of the East Riding Sam Rushton, Archdeacon of York Amanda Bloor, Archdeacon of Cleveland
Provincial episcopal visitors	Stephen Race, Bishop suffragan of Beverley
Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Sheffield (1901–1914; Diocese of Sheffield erected) Archdeacon of Richmond (12th century–1541; became Diocese of Chester) Archdeacon of Nottingham (12th century–1837; transferred to Lincoln) Archdeacon of Sheffield (1884–1914; became Diocese of Sheffield) Archdeacon of Doncaster (1913–1914; transferred to Sheffield)
Historic palaces	Archbishop's Palace, York (12th–16th centuries) Cawood Castle (12th–17th centuries) York Place (13th–16th centuries) Hampton Court Palace (1514–1528) York House, Strand (16th–17th centuries)

Obituary. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 22 April 1958; pg. 14; Issue 54131
Her Majesty's Household. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 6 August 1952; pg. 6; Issue 52383
'LAYNG, Rev. Thomas Malcolm', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 Retrieved 26 July 2014
"Register". Abingdon School.
"Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p276: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
"Lieutenant George Reginald Stuart Layng". Abingdon School.
Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 p 783: Oxford, OUP, 1947
Deaths. The Times (London, England), Saturday, 26 April 1958; pg. 8; Issue 54135

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