Murray Irvine

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John Murray Irvine (19 August 1924 – 14 September 2005) was an Anglican priest.{{cite web |title=The Very Reverend Murray Irvine |website=The Daily Telegraph |date=26 September 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603221544/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1499194/The-Very-Reverend-Murray-Irvine.html |archive-date=2023-06-03 |url-status=live |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1499194/The-Very-Reverend-Murray-Irvine.html}}“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}}[http://www.magdalenecambridge.com/pdfs/DEATHS.pdf Magdalene College- deaths during 2005] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714020610/http://www.magdalenecambridge.com/pdfs/DEATHS.pdf |date=2011-07-14 }}

Irvine was educated at Charterhouse School and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1949Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}} and was initially a curate at All Saints Church, Poplar and then chaplain of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. From 1960 to 1965 he was Secretary of the Central Advisory Council for Training for the Ministry. After this he was Chancellor and Librarian of Hereford Cathedral and Director of Ordination Training for the Diocese of Hereford. He was Provost of Southwell from 1978 to 1991. His final post was as priest in charge of Holy Trinity, Rolleston.[http://www.rollestonchurch.org.uk/church%20history.html Church history]