Cyril Morton

Cyril Evelyn Morton (1885 - 27 July 1932[1]) was an Anglican priest.[2]

Morton educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge and Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was ordained in 1908[3] and began his ordained ministry with curacies in Hampstead and Roehampton. He was then an incumbent at Clifton On Dunsmore and Leamington Spa. In 1929 he became Sub-Dean of the Coventry Cathedral and, in 1931, following a change in the law, the cathedral's first provost.[4]

Church of England titles
Preceded by
Inaugural appointment
Provost of Coventry Cathedral
1931–1932
Succeeded by
Richard Thomas Howard

References

  1. ^ "Provost Morton", The Times, 28 July 1932, p18.
  2. ^ Herry’s Archives
  3. ^ "The Clergy List", London, Kelly’s, 1913
  4. ^ The Times, 18 August 1931, p13, "Ecclestastical News: Coventry Cathedral"