Michael Ashley Mann KCVO (25 May 1924 – 31 December 2011) was an Anglican

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during the last quarter of the 20th century.

Early life

He was born on 25 May 1924 in

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, England. He was educated at Harrow School, an all-boys public school in London, where was a member of the shooting team. Mann attended a wartime short course at the

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. Then, 1943 to 1946, he served as an officer in the

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, an armoured car regiment of the

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. He began his active service in North Africa equipped with the

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. Then, in September 1943, he was involved in the Salerno landings of

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. As a troop leader, he advanced north through Italy to

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, where the armoured cars became stuck in the boggy ground and the regiment resorted to mules and even formed an operational horse troop. His troop were then posted to Florence to support the local Italian resistance movement, Italian partisans maintain order in the city, and Mann took over a bar on the Piazza della Repubblica, Florence, Piazza della Repubblica as a base for himself and his troops. From 1946 to 1955, he served in the Colonial Service in Nigeria.

Ordained ministry

Ordained in 1957 he was later Vicar of Sparkwell, a Canon (priest), Canon Residentiary at Norwich Cathedral, Bishop of Dudley and finally Dean of Windsor.''New Dean of Windsor '' The Times Wednesday, Jun 16, 1976; pg. 16; Issue 59731; col E He retired in 1989.

Personal life

In 1990, the year after his retirement, his first wife died. In 1991, he married the widow of George Christopher Cutts Pepys, George Pepys, Bishop of Buckingham from 1964 to 1974. He died on 31 December 2011.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mann, Michael Ashley 1924 births People educated at Harrow School Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Bishops of Dudley 20th-century Church of England bishops Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Deans of Windsor 2011 deaths Honorary Chaplains to the Queen