Arthur Clarke (priest)

Arthur Frederic Clarke (22 December 1848 – 4 January 1932^[1]) was an eminent Anglican priest in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.^[2]

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He was educated at Charterhouse^[3] and Trinity College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1874.^[4] After curacies at Beverley, Linthorpe, Alvechurch and Leek Wootton^[5] he was Vicar^[6] of Cockerham^[7] from 1881^[8] until^[9] 1905; and Archdeacon of Lancaster from 1896 to 1905.^[10] He was then Vicar of Rochdale from 1905^[11] to 1910; its Rural Dean from 1905 to 1910; and its Archdeacon from 1910 to 1919. During this period he was also an honorary chaplain to the forces. A bell at St Andrew, Singapore is dedicated to him.^[12]

References

1. Deaths The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jan 06, 1932; pg. 1; Issue 46023
2. ‘CLARKE, Rev. Arthur Frederic’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 25 June 2013
3. ”List of Carthusians, 1800 to 1879” Parish, W.D: Lewes : Farncombe and Co., 1879 p48
4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929 London: Oxford University Press, 1929 p238
5. ‘CHURCH NEWS’ The Blackburn Standard: Darwen Observer, and North-East Lancashire Advertiser (Blackburn, England), Saturday, December 03, 1881; pg. 2; Issue 2406
6. Parish Records
7. National Archives
8. ‘Multiple News Items’ The Morning Post (London, England), Thursday, December 08, 1881; pg. 2; Issue 34151
9. London Gazette
10. ‘PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS’ The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post (Bristol, England), Friday, January 3, 1896
11. British History on-line
12. TTC Archived October 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

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Preceded by William Hornby	Archdeacon of Lancaster 1896–1905	Succeeded by William Bonsey
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Archdeacon of Rochdale 1910–1919	Succeeded by Thomas Sale