George Gardner (priest)

George Lawrence Harter Gardner (1 September 1853 – 20 September 1925) was an eminent Anglican priest[1] in the first quarter of the twentieth century.[2]

Gardner was born on 1 September 1853, educated at Cheltenham College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge,[3] and ordained in 1875. After a curacy at St. Mary's, Nottingham he was the incumbent at All Saints, Cheltenham[4] until 1911.[5] From then until 1920 he was Diocesan Chaplain to the Bishop of Birmingham; and Archdeacon of Aston from 1913. His last post was Archdeacon of Cheltenham.[6]

He died on 20 September 1925.[7]

References
  1. National Archives
  2. GARDNER, Ven. George Lawrence Harter’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 8 April 2013
  3. “Alumni Cantabrigienses” Venn,J/Venn,J.A Cambridge, Cambridge University Press” Vol 2Part 3 pg12
  4. ‘ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE’ The Hampshire Advertiser (Southampton, England), Saturday, July 17, 1886; pg. 2; Issue 4183
  5. Parish web-site
  6. Gloucestershire Archives on-line
  7. Deaths The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Sep 22, 1925; pg. 1; Issue 44073


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