The Reverend Canon Wallace Harold Elliott (1884 - 1957)[2] was a Church of England clergyman and Precentor of the Chapels Royal, and a broadcaster on religious matters for the BBC, known as "the Radio Chaplain".
Elliott was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he was Colquitt Exhibitioner, and took a 2nd-class BA in Theology in 1906, being promoted to MA in 1910.
[3] Being ordained deacon in 1907 and priest in 1908, Elliott was curate at Guisborough, North Yorkshire from 1907 to 1909, before being appointed Church of England Men's Society organizing secretary for the Northern Provinces.
From 1930 to 1941, Elliott was vicar of St Michael's church, Chester Square, in London's Belgravia district.
[9] He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 26 March 1942.