Vernon Faithfull Storr (4 December 1869 – 25 October 1940) was an Anglican priest,[1] most notably Archdeacon of Westminster from 1931 to 1936.
[2] The son of Edward Storr (1840–1878), Indian Civil Service (a descendant of the goldsmith and silversmith Paul Storr, through which his cousins included Rev.
Frank Utterton, Archdeacon of Surrey from 1906 to 1908, the obstetrician Sir Francis Champneys, 1st Baronet and his brothers Basil Champneys and Weldon Champneys, the artists Rex Whistler and Laurence Whistler, and the academic Michael Lindsay, 2nd Baron Lindsay of Birker) and Emily Mary (née Faithfull),[3][4] Storr was born at Madras.
Additionally in 1936 he became Rector of St Margaret's, Westminster and Sub-Dean of the abbey.
[8] Vernon Storr was an advocate of theistic evolution.