Adrian Guy Harbidge (born 10 November 1948) was an

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in the Diocese of Winchester in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Harbidge was educated at Marling School;

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; and

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, Cuddesdon. After an earlier career as a Purser in the Merchant Navy he was

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in 1975, and

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in 1976. He was a

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at Romsey Abbey from 1975 to 1980 then

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of St Andrew,

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until 1986. He was the incumbent at Chandler's Ford from 1986 to 1999; and

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from 1993 to 1999. He became Archdeacon of Winchester in 1999; and then (a change of title but not of job) of

in 2000. In 2010 he became Rector of Seale, Puttenham and Wanborough (in Guildford Diocese) before retiring at the end of 2016.‘HARBIDGE, Ven. Adrian Guy’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 201
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1948 births Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon People educated at Marling School Alumni of Durham University Archdeacons of Bournemouth Archdeacons of Winchester (ancient) Living people British Merchant Navy personnel {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub