Geoffrey Walton

Geoffrey Elmer Walton was Archdeacon of Dorset from 1982^[1] to 2000.

Born on 19 February 1934, he was educated at St John's College, Durham,^[2] and ordained in 1961.^[3] After a curacy in Warsop he was Vicar of Norwell from 1965 to 1969. He then became the Recruitment and Selection Secretary of the ACCM. He was Vicar of Holy Trinity, Weymouth^[4] from 1975 until his Archdeacon’s appointment. He was the Vicar of Witchampton from 1982 to 2000.^[5]

Notes

↑ Latest appointments The Times (London, England), Monday, Feb 22, 1982; pg. 10; Issue 61164
↑ ‘WALTON, Ven. Geoffrey Elmer’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 20 Nov 2012
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
↑ Church website
↑ OPC Dorset

Diocese of Salisbury

Salisbury Cathedral Sarum Use Bishop's Palace, Salisbury Church House, Salisbury Sonning Bishop's Palace Area scheme (1981–2009)

Office holders	The Bishop of Salisbury, Nick Holtam The Bishop suffragan of Sherborne, Graham Kings The Bishop suffragan of Ramsbury, Ed Condry AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet The Dean of Salisbury, June Osborne The Archdeacon of Sarum, Alan Jeans The Archdeacon of Sherborne, Paul Taylor The Archdeacon of Wilts, Ruth Worsley The Archdeacon of Dorset (vacant)

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Berkshire (13th century–1836; transferred to Oxford)

Archdeacons of Dorset

High Medieval	Adelelm William Richard Ranulph son of Robert (disputed) Adam Herbert Humphrey Gerard de Bingham Giordano Pironti Simon of Bridport John Gerard de Grandson Antony Bek Thomas Bek Henry Brandeston William de la Wyle Henry de Bluntesdon

Late Medieval	Peter de Periton Thomas de Hotoft John de Kirkeby Bertrand Cardinal de Deucio Robert Cardinal de Geneva Thomas Pays Niccolò Cardinal Caracciolo Moschino Ralph Erghum Robert Ragenhull Adam Cardinal Easton Michael Cergeaux Walter Medford Nicholas Bubwith Henry Chichele Nicholas Bubwith (again) John Mackworth John Hody John Stopyndon Robert Aiscough William Aiscough Robert Langton Richard Pace John Stokesley William Bennet Edward Foxe John Skypp

Early modern	Thomas Canner John Cotterell Henry Tynchiner James Proctor (disputed) Edward Wickham Richard Fitzherbert Richard Meredith Ralph Ironside The Hon John Feilding Robert Cooper Edward Hammond John Walker Watson Hand Henry Hall William England Robert Buckle

Late modern	Thomas Sanctuary Francis Sowter Charles Dundas Eric Bodington Okes Parish Harold Rodgers Lancelot Addison Edward Seagar Richard Sharp Geoffrey Walton Alistair Magowan Patrick Evans (acting) Stephen Waine