Richard Vernon Higgins Burne FSA (19 March 1882 – 9 March 1970) was Archdeacon of Chester from 1937 to 1965. Burne was educated at Malvern College, Keble College, Oxford and

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. After a

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in Slough he became chaplain to the Charles Ferguson-Davie, the Bishop of Singapore, in 1913. During

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he was a chaplain to the British Armed Forces. After the war he was a

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at the Ordination Test School, Knutsford; and then its principal from 1923 until his archdeacon’s appointment."New Archdeacon of Chester", ''

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'' (London, England), 29 September 1937, p. 15.

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1882 births People educated at Malvern College Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon Archdeacons of Chester Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London 1970 deaths {{York-archdeacon-stub