Reginald Waterfield (20 December 1867 – 8 March 1967) was an

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priest in the 20th century.

Education and career

He was educated at

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and

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, and was ordained in 1897. He was assistant master at Rugby School, then Principal of Cheltenham College, then Archdeacon of Cirencester (renamed Archdeacon of Cheltenham in 1919). In 1919 he became Dean of Hereford, a post he held until his retirement in 1947. He died in March 1967 aged 99 years and, following cremation, his ashes were buried in the Lady Arbour at Hereford Cathedral.

Freemasonry

Waterfield was a prominent

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, and served as Provincial Grand Master of Herefordshire from 1923 to 1946. The Dean Waterfield Lodge No 8089 in Hereford is named after him. He and his Bishop,

Hensley Henson Herbert Hensley Henson (8 November 1863 – 27 September 1947) was an Anglican priest, bishop, scholar and controversialist. He was Bishop of Hereford from 1918 to 1920 and Bishop of Durham from 1920 to 1939. The son of a zealous member ...

, were both founders of the Cantilupe Lodge No 4083, named after Thomas de Cantilupe of Hereford.

Family

Reginald Lawson Waterfield Reginald Lawson Waterfield (12 April 1900 – 10 June 1986 in Woolston) was a British hematologist known for his work in amateur astronomy, specialising in astrometry and the photography of comets. He was elected to the British Astronomical As ...

(1900-1986), haematologist and astronomer, was his son.

References

1867 births 1967 deaths People educated at Winchester College Alumni of New College, Oxford Schoolteachers from Surrey 20th-century English Anglican priests 19th-century English Anglican priests Church of England deans Deans of Hereford Heads of schools in England {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub