Leslie Gravatt Fisher (18 August 1906 – 16 June 1988) was an

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priest. He was the

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from 1965 to 1975. Fisher was educated at Hertford Grammar School and the London College of Divinity. After a curacy in Northwood he held incumbencies at

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and Bermondsey. He was then home secretary of the

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from 1947 until his

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’s appointment.'' Crockford's Clerical Directory'', London OUP, 1948.

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1906 births People educated at Hertford Grammar School Archdeacons of Chester 1988 deaths {{York-archdeacon-stub