Michael Harry George Henley, CB (16 January 1939 – 21 March 2014) was an Anglican

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. He was a chaplain of the

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and the

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Early life and education

Henley was born on 16 January 1938. He was educated at

St Marylebone Grammar School St Marylebone Grammar School (SMGS) was a grammar school located in the London borough of the City of Westminster, from 1792 to 1981. History Philological School Founded as the Philological Society by Thomas Collingwood, under the patronage of ...

and the

London College of Divinity St John's College, Nottingham, founded as the London College of Divinity, was an Anglican and interdenominational theological college situated in Bramcote, Nottingham, England. The college stood in the open evangelical tradition and stated that i ...

Ordained ministry

Early ministry

He was

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deacon in 1961, priest in 1963 and began his ordained ministry as a curate at

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Chaplaincy service

He was a chaplain in the

from 1964 to 1969 and then a chaplain to Anglican students of

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from 1969 to 1972 and of the

Royal Hospital School ) , established = 1694 Royal Charter1712 Greenwich1933 Holbrook , type = Public School Independent day and boarding School Royal Foundation , founders = William III and Mary II , head = Simon Lockyer , head_labe ...

from 1972 to 1974. He returned to the navy in 1972, becoming its

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and Archdeacon for the Royal Navy from 1989 to 1994, during which period he was also appointed honorary Canon of Gibraltar Cathedral. From 1992 to 1994, he served as Director-General to Naval Chaplaincy Services.

Later ministry

He was then the

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of Holy Trinity,

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from 1994 to 1996 before his ordination to the

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on 4 March 1995. Until 2013, he was also the honorary chaplain of

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Honours

He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). He was an

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(QHC) from 1989 to 1994,''Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000'', Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark, he retired in 2004.

References

1938 births 2014 deaths People educated at St Marylebone Grammar School Chaplains of the Fleet Companions of the Order of the Bath Honorary Chaplains to the King Bishops of Saint Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane 20th-century Scottish Episcopalian bishops 21st-century Scottish Episcopalian bishops {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub