Anthony Otter

Anthony Otter (8 September 1896 – 9 March 1986) was the sixth Bishop of Grantham, from 1949[1] to 1965[2]

He was educated at Repton and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] After wartime service with the RNVR, he was ordained in 1926. His first post was as a curate at Holy Trinity, Marylebone.[4] From 1931 to 1949 he was Vicar of Lowdham, rising in time to be an Honorary Canon of Southwell Cathedral and Dean of Stamford, Lincolnshire before elevation to the Episcopate. He died on 9 March 1986.

Notes

  1. ↑ Consecration Of Three Bishops Service In Southwark Cathedral The Times Wednesday, 19 October 1949; pg. 7; Issue 51516; col C
  2. ↑ Bishop Of Grantham To Retire The Times Wednesday, 21 October 1964; pg. 14; Issue 56148; col E
  3. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Algernon Augustus Markham		 Bishop of Grantham
1949–1965 		Succeeded by
Ross Sydney Hook