Andrew Binny Ritchie (born
Edinburgh
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, 1880; died
Wonersh
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, 1956) was an
Anglican
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priest
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, most notably
Archdeacon of Surrey
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History
The whole archdeaconry was historically in the d ...
from 1949 to 1955.
Ritchie was educated at
Edinburgh Academy
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, followed by
Durham University
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, academic_staff = 1,830 (2020)
, administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19)
, chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen
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(
Hatfield College
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, named_for = Thomas Hatfield
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, master = Ann MacLarnon (2017–)
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) and
Wells Theological College
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.
Ritchie was
ordained
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priest in 1905, having been made a deacon in 1904. He was
curate
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at
Stratford Bow
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(19041910) and at
Eaton Square
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(19101914).
He was
vicar
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of St Frideswide,
Poplar from 1914 to 1918;
Rector
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of
All Saints', Poplar and
Rural Dean
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of Poplar from 1918 to 1920.
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He later served as rector of ]Sudborough
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The village's name means 'Southern fortification'.
Sudborough is ...
from 1920 to 1922; rector of St Mary Chester
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from 1922 to 1925; vicar of St John, Margate
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from 1925 to 1931; vicar of Kennington
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from 1931 to 1934;[ ]Vicar
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of St Mary, Dover
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from 1939 to 1941. His final parish post was rector of Haslemere
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from 1941 to 1949.[
He was appointed archdeacon of Surrey in February 1949, succeeding ]Cyril Golding-Bird
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He was born on 18 September 1876 and educated at Merchant Taylors' and Lincoln College, Oxford. Ordained in 1897 he w ...
, who had held the post while also serving as assistant bishop of Guildford. Ritchie resigned for health reasons in August 1955.
He died at Parkside, Wonersh, on 20 January 1956. His funeral took place on 25 January at Holy Trinity Church, Guildford
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, then the pro-cathedral
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of the Diocese of Guildford
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, and was followed by a cremation service at Woking.
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1956 deaths
1880 births
Clergy from Edinburgh
Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham
Alumni of Wells Theological College
Archdeacons of Surrey
People educated at Edinburgh Academy