Harold Richards
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John Harold Richards (13 December 1869[1] – 23 August 1952) was a Welsh Anglican priest.
He was born in Trawsgoed, Llanafan, Cardiganshire,[2] and educated at Wrexham Grammar School[3] and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.[4] He was ordained in 1896[5] and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Matthew's, Cambridge.[6] After this he held incumbencies at Bordesley, Coleshill and St Augustine's, Edgbaston. From 1920 to 1938 he was Archdeacon of Aston. In 1937 he became Provost of Birmingham Cathedral, and held the post for 11 years. He died in 1952.[7]
References
- ^ The Official Year-book of the National Assembly of the Church of England. Church of England National Assembly. 1933. p. 94. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ 1911 England Census
- ^ Who Was Who 1897โ2007. London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ "Richards, John Harold (RCRS892JH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ The Times, 24 September 1895, p. 4, "Ordinations Ely"
- ^ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory. London, John Phillips, 1900
- ^ "Obituary โ The Very Rev. J. H. Richards A Former Provost of Birmingham". The Times, 26 August 1952, p. 6.
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