Jesse Clayson
Jesse Alec Maynard Clayson (12 June 1905 - 21 August 1971) [1] was an Anglican priest: he was the Archdeacon of Croydon [2] from 1957 to 1967; and an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen from 1965.
Clayson was educated at Dover Grammar School and King's College London [3] and ordained in 1935.[4] After a curacy at St Stephen, Norbury he was a Royal Naval Chaplain aboard HMS Newcastle then Vicar of Holy Trinity, Dover.[5] He was Vicar of St Stephen, Norbury from 1940 to 1945 and then Secretary to the Canterbury Diocesan Diocesan Board of Finance from 1945 to 1967
References
- ↑ Canon J. A. M. Clayson The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Aug 25, 1971; pg. 14; Issue 58259
- ↑ Lambeth Palace Library
- ↑ London Gazette
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory Oxford, OUP, 1948
- ↑ Information about the church
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Preceded by Charles Frederick Tonks |
Archdeacon of Croydon 1948–1957 |
Succeeded by John Taylor Hughes |
Dover Grammar School
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