[2] Born in Southall on 23 December 1919,[3] he was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
After World War II service with the Royal Engineers he entered Ripon College Cuddesdon and ordained in 1949.
[4] He was an Assistant Curate at Rogate from 1950 to 1953 and then Chaplain at Saunders-Roe, East Cowes until 1958.
He was Vicar of Eastney and then Rural Dean of Portsmouth until his appointment to the Isle of Wight in 1965.
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