Alexander Sargent

The Ven Alexander Sargent, MA was an eminent Anglican clergyman in the mid 20th century.^[1]

He was born on 9 May 1895,^[2] educated at The King's School, Canterbury and St Edmund Hall, Oxford and ordained in 1920. After curacies at St Margaret's at Cliffe and Maidstone^[3] he became Chaplain of Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was then Sub-Warden of St Paul’s College, Grahamstown and after that Resident Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury.^[4] In 1939 he was appointed Archdeacon of Maidstone ^[5] and in 1942 Archdeacon of Canterbury.^[6] He retired in 1968 and died on 5 January 1989.

Notes

↑ National Archives
↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
↑ witness.com
↑ Ecclesiastical News New Chaplain To The Primate The Times Thursday, Jan 31, 1929; pg. 15; Issue 45115; col D
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
↑ Ecclesiastical news The Times Thursday, Oct 01, 1942; pg. 7; Issue 49355; col D

Church of England titles
Preceded by Thomas Karl Sopwith	Archdeacon of Canterbury 1942–- 1968	Succeeded by Michael John Nott

Archdeacons of Canterbury

High Medieval	Valerius Ansketil William John Helewise Walter Roger de Pont L'Évêque Thomas Becket Geoffrey Ridel Herbert Poore Philip of Poitou Henry de Castilion Henry Sandford Simon Langton Richard de Sancto Johanne Stephen de Monte Luelli/of Vienne Hugh de Mortuo Mari William Middleton Robert of Gernemue Richard de Ferings

Late Medieval	John de Langeton Simon de Faversham Bernard Ezius de le Breto Guichard de le Breto Simon Convenis John Bruton Raymond de Roux Hugh de Angoulême Simon de Montacute Robert de Stratford Bernard Sistre Pierre Roger Simon Islip William Cardinal de la Jugee Henry de Wakefield Aymar Roche John de Fordham William Pakington Adam Mottrum Thomas Butiller Richard Clifford Robert Hallam Angelo Cardinal Acciaioli John Wakering Henry Rumworth/Circeter William Chichele Prospero Cardinal Colonna Thomas Chichele Thomas Winterbourne John Bourgchier Hugh Peynthwyn

Early modern	William Warham Edmund Cranmer Nicholas Harpsfield Edmund Gheast Edmund Freke William Redman Charles Fotherby William Kingsley George Hall William Sancroft Samuel Parker John Battely Thomas Green Thomas Bowers Samuel Lisle Sir John Head William Backhouse John Lynch

Late modern	Houstonne Radcliffe Hugh Percy James Croft Edward Parry George Eden William Walsh Leonard White-Thomson Edward Hardcastle Karl Sopwith Alexander Sargent Michael Nott Bernard Pawley John Simpson Michael Till John Pritchard Patrick Evans Sheila Watson

Diocese of Canterbury

Canterbury Cathedral The Old Palace, Canterbury Diocesan House, Canterbury

Office holders	The Archbishop of Canterbury (Primate of All England), Justin Welby The Bishop suffragan of Dover (pseudo-diocesan), Trevor Willmott AEO – Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough The Dean of Canterbury, Robert Willis The Archdeacon of Canterbury, Sheila Watson The Archdeacon of Ashford, Philip Down The Archdeacon of Maidstone, Stephen Taylor

Provincial episcopal visitors	The Bishop suffragan of Richborough, Norman Banks The Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet, Jonathan Goodall The Bishop suffragan of Maidstone (vacant)

Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Croydon (1904–1985; transferred to Southwark) Bishop suffragan of Maidstone (1944–2009) Archdeacon of Croydon (1930–1985; transferred to Southwark)