Frederic Athelwold Iremonger (8 July 1878
['']1939 England and Wales Register
The National Registration Act 1939 was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. The initial National Registration Bill was introduced to Parliament as an emergency measure at the start of the Second World War.
The Act provided for the estab ...
'' – 15 September 1952) was an
Anglican priest.
Iremonger was born in
Longparish
Longparish is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It is composed of the four hamlets of Middleton, East Aston, West Aston and Forton that over time have expanded and effectively joined up to become one village. Longparish is situate ...
, Hampshire,
[''1911 England Census''] the third son of William Henry (1845–1911) and Mary Sophia Iremonger of
Wherwell
Wherwell is a village on the River Test in Hampshire, England. The name may derive from its bubbling springs resulting in the Middle Ages place name “Hwerwyl” noted in AD 955, possibly meaning “kettle springs” or “cauldron springs.” ...
Priory Hampshire, who were first cousins. He was educated at
Clifton and
Keble College, Oxford. Ordained in 1906 he began his career with a
curacy
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at All Saints',
Poplar after which he was
Priest in charge
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at St Nicholas,
Blackwall.
Later he was
Vicar
A vicar (; Latin: '' vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English pre ...
of St James the Great,
Bethnal Green
Bethnal Green is an area in the East End of London northeast of Charing Cross. The area emerged from the small settlement which developed around the Green, much of which survives today as Bethnal Green Gardens, beside Cambridge Heath Road. By ...
and then
Rector
Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to:
Style or title
*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
of
Quarley.
In 1918, he accompanied Dr
Cosmo Lang
William Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth, (31 October 1864 – 5 December 1945) was a Scottish Anglican prelate who served as Archbishop of York (1908–1928) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1928–1942). His elevation to Archbishop ...
then Archbishop of York as chaplain and secretary on an important mission to the USA. On his return he joined and became chairman in 1919 (president in 1922) of the ''Life and Liberty Movement'' begun by
Dr William Temple and
Dick Sheppard in 1917.
[
In 1923, he came to London to take up his appointment as editor of the '' Guardian'', a Church of England weekly newsletter. However, his strengths lay in writing rather than in administration of a newspaper and after four years he resigned and returned to a country parish.]["Obituary – Dr. F. A. Iremonger – Dean of Lichfield", '']The Times
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''; Tuesday, Sep 16, 1952; pg. 8; Issue 52418; col F
In 1933, he was appointed Director of Religion at the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
...
, where he had "immense success" bringing about a notable rise in the standard of religious broadcasting and being appointed an
in 1936. A year later he was the sole radio-reporter at the
. He held his post at the BBC until 1939 when having exceeded the BBC's age limit (60) he again retired to a small country parish.