Arthur Ballard

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{{Portal|Christianity}}Arthur Henry Ballard (9 March 1912 – 2 February 1984) was an Anglican priest in the last third of the 20th century.‘BALLARD, Ven. Arthur Henry’, 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 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U161705, accessed 25 June 2013]

He was educated at St John's College, Durham and ordained in 1939.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1948 After a curacy in Walthamstow he held incumbencies in Broughton and Stand.”All Saints', Stand:A Short History of Church and Parish” Ballard, AH: Stand, A.Ballard, 1951 He was Rural Dean of Prestwich from 1952 to 1967; Archdeacon of Rochdale from 1966New Archdeacon Of Rochdale. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jul 27, 1966; pg. 12; Issue 56694 to 1972; and then of Manchester from then until 1980.[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=127-l176&cid=-1#-1 National Archives]

His son, Andrew Edgar Ballard, was also Archdeacon of Rochdale, from 2005 to 2009.‘BALLARD, Ven. Andrew Edgar’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U6338, accessed 25 June 2013]