Seiriol John Arthur Evans

The Very Rev  Seiriol John Arthur Evans, CBE (22 November 1894 - 29 June 1984) was an Anglican dean^[1] and author ^[2] in the third quarter of the 20th century.^[3]
Born into an ecclesiastical family,^[4] he was  educated at The King's School, Worcester and King's College, Cambridge and ordained after a period of study at Salisbury Theological College in 1921.^[5] He was Curate of  St Mary and All Saints, Kidderminster^[6] then Sacrist of Gloucester Cathedral. After this he was Precentor of Ely Cathedral from 1923 to 1929 and then Rector of Upwell. During World War II he was a Chaplain in the RNVR. From 1945 to 1953 he was Archdeacon of Wisbech when he was appointed  to the Gloucester Deanery ^[7]- a post he held for 19 years. He spent his retirement in Fulbourn.

There is a stone effigy dedicated to him at Gloucester Cathedral^[8]

Notes

^ National Archives
^ Amongst others he wrote “A Short History of Ely Cathedral”, 1925; “The Mortification of the Manor of Nepal”, 1936; “Ely Chapter Ordinances”, 1940; “The Medieval Estate of Ely Cathedral Priory”, 1973 > British Library web site accessed 19:21 GMT Sunday 21st March, 2010
^ Obituary The Very Rev Seiriol Evans The Times Thursday, Jul 05, 1984; pg. 14; Issue 61875; col G
^ His father was The Rev. John Arthur Evans, DD, sometime Rector of Sible Hedingham > “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
^ Church web-site
^ Gloucestershire Archives Online Catalogue
^ The Times, Friday, Jul 02, 1971; pg. 2; Issue 58214; col G News in Brief

Church of England titles
Preceded by Harold Costley-White	Dean of Gloucester 1953–1972	Succeeded by Alfred Gilbert Goddard Thurlow

Deans of Gloucester

16th century	John Man • Thomas Cowper • Lawrence Humphrey • Anthony Rudd • Griffith Lewis

17th century	Thomas Moreton • Richard Field • William Laud • Richard Senhouse • Thomas Winniffe • George Warburton • Accepted Frewen • William Brough • Thomas Vyner Robert Frampton • Thomas Marshall • William Jane • John Wickart

18th century	Knightly Chetwood • John Waugh • John Frankland • Peter Allix • Daniel Newcombe • Josiah Tucker •

19th century	John Luxmoore • John Plumptre • Edward Rice • Henry Law • Edward Henry Bickersteth • Henry Montagu Butler • Henry Donald Maurice Spence

20th century	Henry Gee • Harold Costley-White • Seiriol John Arthur Evans • Alfred Gilbert Goddard Thurlow • Kenneth Neal Jennings • Nicholas Ayles Stillingfleet Bury

21st century	Bury (ibid)

Office holders in the Diocese of Gloucester

The Bishop of Gloucester • The Bishop of Tewkesbury • The Dean of Gloucester • The Archdeacon of Gloucester The Archdeacon of Cheltenham

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Name	Evans, Seiriol John Arthur
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Date of birth	22 November 1894
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Date of death	29 June 1984
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