(Cecil) John Grimes (1881 – 1976) was Archdeacon of Northampton from 1941 to 1959 and a Canon Residentiary of Peterborough Cathedral. [1]
He was born at Stratford-on-Avon and educated at London University. Initially a Civil Engineer, he was ordained to the priesthood after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1912. After a curacy at St Giles’, Reading [2] he was a Chaplain with the Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment in Bengal from 1915 to 1924. He was Vicar of St Matthew’s, Westminster from 1924 to 1925 and then Archdeacon of Calcutta until 1933. He was then Vicar of St John the Baptist, Peterborough until 1938 and then Rector of Thorpe Malsor until his appointment as an Archdeacon.
He died on 19 November 1976.[3]
| Church of England titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Walter Kelly Firminger |
Archdeacon of Calcutta 1926 – 1933 |
Succeeded by Ormonde Winstanley Birch |
| Preceded by Carey Frederick Knyvett |
Archdeacon of Northampton 1941 – 1962 |
Succeeded by Ronald Cedric Osbourne Goodchild |