Berkeley Cole

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| honorific-prefix = The Venerable

| name = Berkeley Cole

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| order =Archdeacon of Loughborough

| term_start = 1953

| term_end = 1963

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| term_end2= 1973

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| birth_date = 20 October 1913

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| death_date = 19 July 1996

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| spouse = Mabel Grace née Chapman

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The Venerable (Ronald) Berkeley Cole[http://www.leicestershirevillages.com/fleckney/404258,403212.html Leicestershire Villages – Good Old Days at Fleckney] (1913–1996) was an eminent Anglican priest and author in the first half of the mid 20th century.

After an earlier career as a Registrar with the London County Freehold and Leasehold Properties Ltd he was ordained in 1943.“Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}} He began his career with a curacy in Braunstone after which he was Succentor of Leicester Cathedral. He was Vicar of St Philip, Leicester from 1950 to 1973.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}} He was Archdeacon of Loughborough from 1953 to 1963 and of Leicester from then until 1980.[http://www.le.ac.uk/lahs/downloads/CocksvolumeLXVII-5sm.pdf University of Leicester] His last post was as Rural Dean of Reps.