These were presented by Sir George Wigram Allen following a special examination in March of each year, for classics, mathematics and general proficiency.
In 1930, Cunliffe-Jones went to England and read theology at Mansfield, the then Nonconformist college of the University of Oxford.
While at Mansfield, he completed a thesis titled The Problem of Evil with Special Reference to the Theodicee of Leibnitz under the supervision of Clement C. J.
[9] After parish work in Witney he became a tutor in systematic theology at Yorkshire United Independent College, Bradford.
After his wife Maude died on 28 August 1989 Cunliffe-Jones lived with Margaret, his elder daughter, at her home in Essex.