David Herbert Somerset Cranage

The Very Rev David Herbert Somerset Cranage (10 October 1866 – 22 October 1957) was an Anglican Dean[1] in the second quarter of the 20th century.[2]

Born on 10 October 1866[3] he was educated at King's College, Cambridge.[4] Ordained in 1897,[5] he held curacies at Little Wenlock and Much Wenlock[6] and was Secretary of the Cambridge University Local Lectures until his appointment as Dean of Norwich,[7] a post he held for 19 years.[8][9] He died on 22 October 1957.

Notes

  1. ^ London Gazette
  2. ^ National Archives
  3. ^ Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
  4. ^ Cranage, David Herbert Somerset in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
  5. ^ Ordinations. Canterbury. The Times Wednesday, Dec 22, 1897; pg. 3; Issue 35393; col C
  6. ^ ”The Clergy List” London, Kelly’s, 1913
  7. ^ New Dean Of Norwich. Dr. D. H. S. Cranage. The Times Thursday, Dec 01, 1927; pg. 16; Issue 44753; col C
  8. ^ ”Norwich Cathedral : church, city and diocese, 1096-1996” Atherton, I: London Hambledon Press, 1996 ISBN 1852851341
  9. ^ Norfolk Record Office online catalogue

External links

Portraits of David Herbert Somerset Cranage at the National Portrait Gallery, London

Church of England titles
Preceded by
John Wakefield Willink
Dean of Norwich
1927–1946
Succeeded by
Herbert St Barbe Holland