Stanley Betts

Stanley Woodley Betts CBE (23 March 1912 - 7 June 2003) was an Anglican priest in the 20th century.^[1]

Life

Betts was educated at Perse School^[2] and Jesus College, Cambridge.^[3] He was ordained in 1936 and was successively a wartime chaplain with the RAF, a chaplain at Clare College, Cambridge, the Vicar of Holy Trinity, Cambridge^[4] and then, in 1956, the Bishop of Maidstone^[5] with the additional title of Archbishop of Canterbury's Episcopal Representative with the three Armed Forces. (Before his appointment, the last Bishop of Maidstone had been Leslie Owen, who was translated to Lincoln in 1946.) From 1966 he was Dean of Rochester, a post he held for 11 years.

^ The Times, 20 August 1956, p8, "See Of Maidstone Revived Bishop Suffragan To The Forces"
^ Who's Who (UK), 1971 A & C Black p736 ISBN 0713611405
^ Telegraph on-line
^ Church website
^ Crockford's clerical directory (Lambeth Palace, Church House) 1982 ISBN 0192000101

Church of England titles
Vacant Title last held by Leslie Owen	Bishop of Maidstone 1956 –1966	Vacant Title next held by Geoffrey Lewis Tiarks
Preceded by Cuthbert Bardsley	Bishop to the Forces 1956 –1966	Succeeded by John Taylor Hughes
Preceded by Robert William Stannard	Dean of Rochester 1966 –1977	Succeeded by John Robert Arnold

Bishops of Maidstone

Leslie Owen • Stanley Betts • Geoffrey Tiarks • Richard Third • Robert Hardy • David James Smith • Gavin Reid • Graham Cray

Bishops to the Forces

Cuthbert Bardsley · Stanley Betts · John Hughes · Stuart Snell · Ronald Gordon · David Smith · John Kirkham · David Conner · Stephen Venner

Deans of Rochester

Since 1908	Ernald Lane • John Storrs • Reginald Talbot • Francis Underhill • Ernest Blackie • Thomas Crick • Robert Stannard • Stanley Betts • John Arnold • Edward Shotter • Adrian Newman