Geoffrey Walton

Geoffrey Elmer Walton (19 February 1934 – 23 July 2020) was Archdeacon of Dorset from 1982[1] to 2000.

Born on 19 February 1934, he was educated at St John's College, Durham,[2] and ordained in 1961.[3] After a curacy in Warsop he was Vicar of Norwell from 1965 to 1969. He then became the Recruitment and Selection Secretary of the ACCM. He was Vicar of Holy Trinity, Weymouth[4] from 1975 until his Archdeacon’s appointment. He was the Vicar of Witchampton from 1982 to 2000.[5]

He died on 23 July 2020 at the age of 86.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Latest appointments The Times (London, England), Monday, Feb 22, 1982; pg. 10; Issue 61164
  2. ^ ‘WALTON, Ven. Geoffrey Elmer’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 20 Nov 2012
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  4. ^ Church website
  5. ^ OPC Dorset
  6. ^ "Walton". The Telegraph Announcements. The Telegraph. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.


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