The Reverend Ronald Lancaster MBE CChem FRSC (born 1931) is an English Anglican clergyman, chemist, businessman and retired teacher, having taught chemistry at Kimbolton School from 1963 to 1988.

He attended King James's School in Almondbury from 1942 to 1950,[6] and then studied psychology at St John's College, Durham University from 1950.

[8] He served his curacy at St Peter's Church, Morley, West Yorkshire in the Diocese of Wakefield.

[7] He then moved to St Peter's Church, Harrogate in the Diocese of Ripon, serving as an assistant curate from 1960 to 1963.

[citation needed] He became a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1993 New Year's honours list, for his services to the fireworks industry,[2][10] and he was presented with a plaque by the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2013.