Thomas Malcolm Layng, CBE, MC & Bar (23 April 1892 – 21 April 1958)[1] was an Anglican soldier and clergyman who served as Deputy Chaplain-General to the Forces, Archdeacon of York and chaplain to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II.[2]
Layng was chaplain to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II (1940–51) and awarded an MBE (1924) and CBE (1945). Latterly he served as vicar of Kemble and Poole Keynes (1950–55). He dedicated the Second World War memorial at Abingdon School chapel (1949).
His funeral was held at St Mark Cheltenham on Friday 25 April 1958.[8]
^Obituary.The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 22 April 1958; pg. 14; Issue 54131
^Her Majesty's Household.The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 6 August 1952; pg. 6; Issue 52383
^'LAYNG, Rev. Thomas Malcolm', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 Retrieved 26 July 2014