Ronald Huntley Sutch (5 March 1890 – 22 February 1975) was

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from 1951 to 1965. Sutch was educated at

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and

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and

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as a priest in 1915. After a curacy at Christ Church,

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he was

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of St Mungo,

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until 1917 when he became a

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to the

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. After

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, he resigned his commission and became

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. Following further incumbencies in

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and

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he became

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of Cirencester in 1941, a post he held until his appointment as

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in 1951. Sutch married Elizabeth Lang Jones in 1916; they had two sons. He died on 22 February 1975. His grandson, David Sutch was installed as the Archdeacon of Gibraltar in July 2008.

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Archdeacons of Cheltenham 1890 births 1975 deaths People educated at Batley Grammar School Alumni of Merton College, Oxford {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub