Michael David Saville Peck (1914-1968) was
Dean of Lincoln from 1965 to 1968.
Peck was born on 7 January 1914, educated at
King's College School, Cambridge
King's College School is a coeducational independent preparatory school for children aged 4 to 13 in Cambridge, England, situated on West Road off Grange Road, west of the city centre. It was founded to educate the choristers in the King's ...
,
Sedbergh and
King's College, Cambridge and
ordained in 1937. He was a
Curate
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at Holy Cross,
Greenford until 1946 and then
Vice-Principal of
St Chad's College, Durham
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until 1949. Later he was
Vicar of St Mark's,
Mansfield
Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area (followed by Sutton-in-Ashfield). It gained the Royal Charter of a market tow ...
and then
Archdeacon of Portsmouth before his elevation to the
Deanery
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in 1965. He died in post on 22 April 1968.
[''Dean Of Lincoln'' The Times Wednesday, Apr 24, 1968; pg. 12; Issue 57234; col F]
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1914 births
People educated at Sedbergh School
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
Archdeacons of Portsmouth
Deans of Lincoln
1968 deaths