Harold Anson (1867 – 1954), was an
English Anglican
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priest, most notably
Master of the Temple
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from 1935 until his death.
Notes
The son of Rev. Frederick Anson,
Canon of
Windsor, and Caroline, eldest daughter of
George Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon, he was educated at
Clifton College and
Christ Church, Oxford
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. He was
ordained deacon in 1890 and
priest in 1891.
['' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30'' p25 London: Oxford University Press, 1929] After a
curacy in
St Pancras he held
incumbencies at
Whitton and
Hāwera
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. He was
Warden
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''Warden'' is etymologically identic ...
of
St John's College, Auckland
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The site at Meadowbank in Auckland is the base for theological educatio ...
from 1902 until 1905;
Rector
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of
Badsworth
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, 1906–10; of
Birch-in-Rusholme; of
Primrose Hill, 1919–22;
St Martin in the Fields
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, 1922–28; and
Vicar of
Tandridge
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, 1928–35 (
Rural Dean of
Godstone
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, 1930–35).
References
1867 births
1954 deaths
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
People educated at Clifton College
19th-century English Anglican priests
20th-century English Anglican priests
Masters of the Temple
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