Robert Hanson (priest)

The Venerable Robert Edward Vernon Hanson, OBE, MA (29 March 1866 – 7 February 1947), was an eminent[1] Anglican Chaplain[2] in the first half of the 20th century.

Hanson was born on 29 March 1866[3] and educated at King's College London and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[4] He was ordained in 1895[5][6] and after a curacy at St John's, Richmond,[7] joined the Army Chaplains' Department as Chaplain to the Forces (4th class, ranking as captain) on 10 December 1900.[8] He was a Chaplain to the British Armed Forces and instructor until 1918. [9] He served in the South African War and in Aldershot, Egypt, Dublin, Deepcut, Malta[10] and the Great War where he was mentioned in despatches. He joined the fledgling RAF Chaplaincy Service [11] as Assistant Chief Chaplain[12] and became its Archdeacon (Chaplain-in-Chief) [13] in 1926. An Honorary Chaplain to the King[14] he retired in 1930[15][16] and died on 7 February 1947.[17]