Thomas Hughie Jones (15 August 192725 September 2016) was a

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in the second half of the 20th century. Jones was educated at

William Hulme's Grammar School William Hulme's Grammar School is a mixed all-through school in Whalley Range, Manchester, England. History William Hulme (1631–1691) of Hulme Hall, Stockport, was the founder of "Hulme's Charity" later known as the Hulme Trust. Follow ...

and the

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. He was

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and Lecturer at the Bible Training Institute,

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and Minister of the John Street Baptist Church,

from 1949 to 1954. Moving to Leicestershire he was Religious Education specialist for the county's schools from 1955 to 1963 and then

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in RE at Leicester College of Education. While there, he was ordained a

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in 1966 and a

in 1967. He was Principal of Hind Leys College from 1975 to 1981. After this he was

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of The Langtons and

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from 1981 to 1986; and the seventh

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from then until 1992.

References

1927 births 2016 deaths People educated at William Hulme's Grammar School Alumni of the University of Wales Archdeacons of Loughborough {{Christianity-bio-stub