Thomas Clarke (Archdeacon of Macclesfield)

The Ven. Thomas Clarke was an Archdeacon of Macclesfield in the third quarter of the 20th Century.[1]

Born on 28 July 1907 he was educated at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford[2] and ordained in 1941. His first post was a curacy in Farnworth. He was Chaplain for the Government Hostels for War Workers scheme between 1943 and 1945 when he became the incumbent of Thornton Hough. He became Vicar of Macclesfield in 1953, its Rural Dean in 1955 and Archdeacon in 1958.

He died in post on 4 April 1965.[3]

Notes
  1. Crockford's Clerical Directory1959-60 Oxford, OUP,1959
  2. ‘CLARKE, Ven. Thomas’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 16 July 2012
  3. Obituary.The Ven Thomas Clarke The Times (London, England), Monday, Apr 05, 1965; pg. 12; Issue 56288 (34 words)


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