Llewelyn Hughes

Frederick Llewelyn Hughes CB CBE MC TD (12 July 1894 – 4 June 1967) was a Anglican priest who served as Dean of Ripon from 1951 to 1967.

Life

Hughes was born on 12 July 1894 and educated at Christ’s Hospital and Jesus College, Oxford.[1] He matriculated at Oxford in 1913 as an exhibitioner, and was highly regarded as a speaker in the college's Junior Common Room and as a rugby player. In due course, he became President of the JCR and captain of rugby.[2] During World War I he served in the King's Regiment (Liverpool), winning the Military Cross in 1917 and becoming a captain on the General staff.[2] He was ordained in 1922 and began his career with a curacy at Holy Trinity, Brompton.[3] Subsequently vicar of St Stephen's, Paddington then vicar of Mansfield, he became a Chaplain to the Forces in 1935, rising to the rank of Archdeacon of the Forces.[4] Montgomery described him as "the ideal military padre".[5] He was appointed Dean of Ripon in 1951. He was Chaplain to King George VI from 1946 to 1952. He was awarded the CBE in 1943 and the CB in 1949.[2] He died on 4 June 1967.[6]

References

  1. ^ Who was Who 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
  2. ^ a b c Baker, J. N. L. (1971). Jesus College, Oxford 1571–1971. London: Oxonian Press Ltd. pp. 121. ISBN 0950216402. 
  3. ^ Holy Trinity website
  4. ^ The Church of England in the Twentieth Century Chandler, A: Boydell Press, 2006 ISBN 1843831651
  5. ^ God and the British Soldier Snape, M: Routledge, 2005 ISBN 0415334527
  6. ^ Obituary – Dean Of Ripon The Times Monday, Jun 05, 1967; pg. 10; Issue 56959; col G
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Godwin Birchenough		 Dean of Ripon
1951 – 1967		 Succeeded by
Frederick Edwin Le Grice
Since 1908