Ronald Sutch

Ronald Huntley Sutch (5 March 1890 – 22 February 1975)[1] was Archdeacon of Cheltenham[2] from 1951 to 1965.[3]

Sutch was educated at Batley Grammar School and Merton College, Oxford and ordained as a priest in 1915.[4] After a curacy at Christ Church, Glasgow he was Rector of St Mungo, Alexandria[5] until 1917[4] when he became a Chaplain to the British Armed Forces. After World War I, he resigned his commission[6] and became Vicar of Ravensthorpe. Following further incumbencies in Slimbridge[7] and Cheltenham he became Rural Dean of Cirencester in 1941, a post he held until his appointment as Archdeacon in 1951.[4]

Sutch married Elizabeth Lang Jones in 1916; they had two sons. He died on 22 February 1975. His grandson, David Sutch was installed as the Archdeacon of Gibraltar in July 2008.[8]

References

  1. ^ Deaths. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Feb 25, 1975; pg. 26; Issue 59329
  2. ^ Gloucestershire Archives: Online Catalogue
  3. ^ ‘SUTCH, Ven. Ronald Huntley’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 11 April 2013
  4. ^ a b c Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 68.
  5. ^ ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
  6. ^ 'Supplement to the London Gazette, 4 December 1918 (14399)
  7. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, Oxford, OUP, 1948 p1271
  8. ^ "New Archdeacon for Iberian Territories" (PDF). The European Anglican (39): 14. Autumn 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
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