Max Alexander Cunningham Warren

Max Warren (1904–1977) was General secretary of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) and canon of Westminster Abbey.

Warren was born in Dún Laoghaire in Ireland on 13 August 1904.

His father was Reverend John Alexander Faris Warren of the Church of Ireland.

He travelled to Nigeria as a missionary to the Hausa in 1928, but Ill-health soon forced him to return to the UK.

[2] Warren served as general secretary of the CMS for over 20 years, from 1942 to 1963, when he was appointed as canon and subdean of Westminster Abbey, London.