George Addleshaw

George William Outram Addleshaw was Dean of Chester in the third quarter of the 20th century.[1]

He was born on 1 December 1906 and educated at Bromsgrove and Trinity College, Oxford.[2] Ordained in 1931, he was initially a Curate at Highfield Parish Church, Southampton. Following this he became Vice Principal of St Chad’s College, Durham then a Canon Residentiary at York Minster before his elevation to the Deanery of Chester.[3] A man with a huge knowledge of church architecture,[4] he died on 14 June 1982[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975/1976 Lambeth, Church House Publishing (ISBN 0108153674)
  2. ^ “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
  3. ^ Ecclesiastical News New Dean Of Chester The Times Thursday, 8 November 1962; p. 7; Issue 55543; col D
  4. ^ British History On-line
  5. ^ The Times, Friday, 18 June 1982; p. 12; Issue 61263; col F Obituary Very Rev George Addleshaw
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Michael McCausland Gibbs		 Dean of Chester
1963 – 1977		 Succeeded by
Thomas Wood Ingram Cleasby
Early modern

Thomas Clerk • Henry Man • William Clyff • Richard Walker • John Piers • Richard Langworth • Robert Dorset • Thomas Mawdesley • John Nutter • William Barlow • Henry Parry • Thomas Mallory • William Nichols • Henry Bridgeman • James Arderne • Laurence Fogg • Walter Offley • Thomas Allen • Thomas Brooke • William Smith • George Cotton
Late modern

Hugh Cholmondeley • Robert Hodgson • Peter Vaughan • Edward Copleston • Henry Phillpotts • George Davys • Frederick Anson • John Howson • John Darby • Frank Bennett • Norman Tubbs • Michael Gibbs • George Addleshaw • Ingram Cleasby • Stephen Smalley • Gordon McPhate
Office holders in the Diocese of Chester