David Reindorp
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Reverend Canon David Reindorp TD, (born October 21, 1952 in London, England), is the current incumbent of Chelsea Old Church in London (since 2006).[1][2] Reindorp has also become a public speaker.
Reindorp was born in Westminster, England to the Right Reverend George Reindorp (Bishop of Guildford and Salisbury) and Dr Alix Edington. Reindorp spent several of his early years in South Africa before returning to attend Lancing College in West Sussex. After a brief spell as an insurance broker for Lloyds of London, Reindorp worked as a social worker before attending Trinity College, Cambridge and Westcott House, Cambridge. Reindorp was ordained as a priest into the Diocese of Ely in 1982.
Reindorp undertook curacies in Cambridge and Hertfordshire before becoming Vicar of St John the Evangelist, Cambridgeshire in 1988 followed by an incumbency in a church of the same name in the centre of Cambridge. He was made an honorary Canon of Ely Cathedral in March 2005.
Reindorp was inducted as the Vicar of Chelsea Old Church, one of London’s oldest Churches situated on the bank of the River Thames in the affluent area of Chelsea. He is Chaplain to the Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest territorial regiment in the British Army and to the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers.
Reindorp developed a reputation as a public speaker with talks such as ‘Millionaire or Bust’ which chartered his career from Shipping Broker to Priest. Reindorp has also appeared in several reality television programmes in England including ‘Bad Lads Army’ in which Reindorp fulfilled the role of Army Chaplain.
[edit] Personal life
Reindorp married Suzy Moir, a psychotherapist and former publisher, in Salisbury Cathedral in 1974. The couple were married by Reindorp’s father, Bishop George. They have three children, Thomas (born 1979), Sarah Lavinia (born 1983) and Christopher (born 1985).
Reindorp currently lives in Chelsea, London.
