Roy Beynon

The Ven James Royston (Roy) Beynon (16 September 1907 – 2 December 1991) was an English Anglican priest.[1]

He was educated at St Augustine's College, Canterbury and ordained in 1933. His early posts were in the North West Frontier: he served in Peshawar, Quetta and as Archdeacon of Lahore from 1947 to 1948. He was Vicar of Twyford from 1948 to 1973; Rural Dean of Winchester from 1958 to 1962; and Archdeacon of Winchester from 1962[2] to 1973.[3]

He married Mildred née Fromings in 1933 : they had four daughters. They retired to London, Ontario.[4] She pre-deceased him in 1986.[5]

Notes
  1. ‘BEYNON, Ven. James Royston’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 7 April 2014
  2. Ecclesiastical News. The Times (London, England), Thursday, Aug 02, 1962; pg. 12; Issue 55459
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 p83 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  4. Canadian Genealogical Project
  5. Births, Marriages, Deaths and In Memoriam The Times (London, England), Monday, May 12, 1986; pg. 14; Issue 62454


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