Lancelot Mason

The Ven Lancelot Mason MBE MA was an eminentJournal of Ecclesiastical History (CUP 1996), 47: 210-215 Church of England priest in the 20th century.[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=182-ams42&cid=-1#-1 National Archives]

He was born on 22 July 1905 and educated at the RN College Osborne, RN College Dartmouth, and Trinity College, Cambridge."Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}} Ordained in 1929, he began his career with a curacy at Soham, after which he was Residential Chaplain to George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, until 1938.The Times, Tuesday, 6 December 1938; pg. 17; Issue 48170; col F Ecclesiastical News Next he was Rector of Plumpton with East Chiltington,Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}} and during the war was a Chaplain with the RNVR, and was Mentioned in DespatchesWho was Who (ibid) before being appointed Archdeacon of Chichester in 1946. He additionally became a Canon Residentiary at the diocese's cathedral in 1949; and retired from both posts in 1973.Church news Archdeacon of Chichester to retire The Times Tuesday, 12 December 1972; pg. 19; Issue 58655; col B He died on 9 February 1990.

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