Robert Hanson (priest)

The Venerable  Robert Edward Vernon Hanson OBE, MA, was an eminent[1] Anglican Chaplain [2] in the first half of the 20th century.

He was born on 29 March 1866^[3] and educated at King’s College London and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.^[4] He was ordained in 1895^{[5] [6]} and after a curacy at St John’s, Richmond ^[7] was a Chaplain to the British Armed Forces and instructor from 1901 until 1918. ^[8] He served in the South African War and in Aldershot, Egypt, Dublin, Deepcut, Malta ^[9] and the Great War where he was mentioned in despatches. He joined the fledgling RAF Chaplaincy Service ^[10] as Assistant Chief Chaplain^[11] and became its Archdeacon (Chaplain-in-Chief) ^[12] in 1926. An Honorary Chaplain to the King ^[13] he retired in 1930^[14][15] and died on 7 February 1947.^[16]

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