Alfred Hounsell "Horace" Dammers (10 July 1921 – 23 August 2004) was a British Anglican dean[1] and author[2] in the second half of the 20th century.
He was born in Great Yarmouth,[3] on 10 July 1921[4] to a family of Hanoverian origin; his great-grandfather was Adjutant-General to King George V of Hanover.
[5] Dammers was educated at Malvern (where he was given the name 'Horace' in reference to his countryman's ruddy complexion) and Pembroke College, Cambridge.
In 1965, he became a Canon Residentiary and Director of Studies at Coventry Cathedral until his appointment as the Dean of Bristol in 1973,[6] a post he held until retirement sixteen years later.
He fathered four children,[7] one of whom is musician Jerry Dammers, founder of the Specials and Two Tone Records.