Theodore Churton Explained

Theodore Townson Churton was an Anglican priest in the early 20th century.^[1]

He was born into an ecclesiastical family on 24 April 1853^[2] and educated at New College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1883 and was Curate of Holy Trinity, Hastings^[3] until his appointment to his father's old parish at Icklesham in 1891. He was Archdeacon of Lewes from 1908 to 1912^[4] and then of Hastings^[5] until his death on 1 June 1915.^[6]

Notes and References

1. [The Times]
2. His father was the Revd Prebendary H. B. W. Churton, sometime Vicar, Icklesham, Sussex and Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Chichester, a post his son was also to hold> “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007
3. ”The Clergy List” London, Hamilton & Co 1889
4. http://www.sussex-opc.org/Kelly1911/ChichesterKellys1911.htm Kelly’s
5. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=182-ep_3&cid=-1#-1 National Archives
6. [The Times]