Christopher Garnett Howsin Spafford (1924-2011) was
Provost of
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from 1976 to 1989.
Spafford was born into an ecclesiastical family on 10 September 1924, educated at
Marlborough College and
St John's College, Oxford and ordained in 1950. After
curacies
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at
Brighouse and
Huddersfield
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he held
incumbencies at
Hebden Bridge
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,
Thornhill and
Shrewsbury. He was
Provost of
Newcastle Cathedral
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from 1976 to 1989.
Reverend Christopher Spafford died in September 2011.
References
1924 births
People educated at Marlborough College
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
Provosts and Deans of Newcastle
2011 deaths
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