Philip Crick

Crick's grave at Funtington

Philip Charles Thurlow Crick (1882-1937) was the Anglican Bishop of Rockhampton[1] in Australia from 1921 until 1927[2] and the Bishop of Ballarat until 1935.

Family

Crick was born into a clerical family[3] on 18 November 1882, the eldest child of the Reverend Philip Crick (he took the same name as his father), the founder and first Headmaster (1883-1909) of St Ronan's School.

PCT Crick’s clerical relations included the Rev’d Thomas Crick (great grandfather), the Rev’d Henry William Crick (grandfather), the Rev’d Philip Crick (father), the Rev’d Frederick William Crick (uncle), and the Rev’d John Henry Crick (uncle). His only brother, Douglas Crick, was also ordained, and eventually became the Bishop of Chester.[4]

Education

He was educated at St Ronan’s, his father’s own school, which was then located at Worthing in Sussex. Aged 12 he won scholarships to both Harrow School and Winchester College, taking up the latter place. Later he won a scholarship to Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he took the top rank in the 1904 Cambridge Classical Tripos.[4] At 6 feet 3 inches, he was a good footballer and tennis player.[5]

Career

His first ministry position was as a curate at St Mary's Church, Barnsley after which he was appointed Fellow[6] and then Dean of Clare College, Cambridge.[7] He became an Army Chaplain with the Territorial Force in 1913, was in France on active service from 1915 to 1919, and ended the Great War as Deputy Assistant Chaplain-General to VI Corps.[8] From 1917, he had special responsibility for the Tank chaplains.[9]

In 1921 Crick became one of the earliest First World War chaplains to be appointed to a bishopric, in the Diocese of Rockhampton in Australia. During his time as bishop he founded St Peter's Boys School in Barcaldine, and St Faith's Girls School in Yeppoon.[4]

While in England in 1935, senior staff in his diocese of Ballarat wrote to the Archbishop of Canterbury requesting Crick’s removal from his post. Archbishop Lang sympathised with Crick but, for practical reasons, they decided that Crick should resign, and Lang arranged for Crick's appointment as Assistant Bishop of Derby.[10] However, Crick died suddenly in 1937, and is buried at St Mary's, Funtington, West Sussex.[11]

Private life

Crick was a Freemason under the jurisdiction of the United Grand Lodge of England.[12] It is an interest he shared with his brother and fellow-bishop Douglas Crick.[13]: 69 

References

  1. ^ Anglican archives
  2. ^ Diocesan history Archived 2006-08-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ His father was The Rev Philip Crick, sometime Rector of Waresley; and his brother The Rt Rev Douglas Crick, Bishop of Stafford then Chester>“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. ^ a b c "The Reverend Philip Crick". Hawkhurst, Kent: St Ronan’s School. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  5. ^ The Times obituary 14 July 1937
  6. ^ The Times, Monday, Nov 05, 1906; pg. 7; Issue 38169; col D University Intelligence. Cambridge, Nov. 3
  7. ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 342.
  8. ^ Information held at the Museum of Army Chaplaincy
  9. ^ University of Birmingham Cadbury Research Centre,Gwynne's Diary,22.10.17
  10. ^ Lambeth Palace Library,Lang 131
  11. ^ The Times obituary,14.7.1937
  12. ^ Masonic Yearbook. London: United Grand Lodge of England. 1937.
  13. ^ Brittleton, John Thomas (2019). The Provincial Grand Chapter of Cheshire, 150 Year History 1869-2019 (First ed.). Provincial Grand Chapter of Cheshire. ISBN 978-1-84047-007-9.
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Bishop of Rockhampton
1921 – 1927 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Ballarat
1927 – 1935 		Succeeded by


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