Thomas Layng (Archdeacon of York)

Thomas Malcolm Layng, CBE, MC & Bar (23 April 1892 - 21 April 1958^[1]) was an Anglican soldier and clergyman who served as Deputy Chaplain-General to the Forces, Archdeacon of York and chaplain to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II.^[2]

Layng was the son of Dr Henry Layng of Swatow, China, and nephew of Thomas Layng, headmaster of Abingdon School. He was educated first at Abingdon School (1900–06) and then at Clifton College^[3] (1906–11) before entering Balliol College, Oxford.

Layng joined the Indian Army, and was awarded a Military Cross in the First World War and was Brigade Major on the Afghan frontier (1919) and then involved in the campaign against the Waziris (1920 and 1923). Abandoning his military career he was ordained (1932) and became curate of Berkeley and dock chaplain at Sharpness (1933),^[4] rector of Duloe, Cornwall (1934–38) and chaplain and fellow of his old Oxford College (1938).

He served in the Second World War in the Royal Army Chaplains' Department and was awarded a bar to his Military Cross at Dunkirk (1940). He was deputy Chaplain-General to the Mediterranean forces (1945) and rector of Burnaby and Nunburnholme (1946–48) and Archdeacon of York (1946–47).

Layng was chaplain to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II (1940–51) and awarded an MBE (1924) and CBE (1945). Latterly he served as vicar of Kemble and Poole Keynes (1950–55). He dedicated the Second World War memorial at Abingdon School chapel (1949).

His funeral was held at St Mark Cheltenham on Friday 25 April 1958.^[5]

Church of England titles
Preceded by Arthur Creyke England	Archdeacon of York 1946 – 1947	Succeeded by George Frederick Townley

Notes

Archdeacons of York

*Diocesan archdeacons:** Durand Hugh Gerard William William of Beverley William son of Tole

High Medieval	Walter of London Robert Butevilain Geoffrey Ralph d'Aunay Peter of Dinan Adam of Thorner Sampson Walter Laurence of Lincoln Sewal de Bovil William Langton John de Langeton the elder Reiner of Skipton Godfrey Giffard Robert Burnell Thomas de Wythen Walter of Gloucester William de Hambleton

Late Medieval	Aymo of Savoy Peter Cardinal de Prés Stephen Cardinal Albert Philippe Cardinal de Cabassoles Peter Cardinal Gomez de Albornoz Simon Cardinal Langham Gui Cardinal de Maillesec John de Thoern Peter Cardinal Corsini Francis Cardinal Carboni Richard Conyngston Francis Cardinal Uguccioni Roger Coryngham William Pilton Raynald Cardinal de Brancatiis Francis Cardinal Zarabella William Felter Thomas Kempe Andrew Holes Thomas Chippenham Ralph Booth Henry Carnebull John Aleyne/Carver Brian Higden Hugh Ashton Thomas Winter Thomas Westbie

Early modern	George Palmes John Stokes William Chaderton Robert Ramsden Christopher Gregorie Roger Acroide Henry Hooke Henry Wickham Richard Marsh Edmund Diggle Knightley Chetwood Charles Blake Thomas Hayter Edmund Pyle William Cooper Charles Cooper Robert Markham Stuart Corbett Stephen Creyke

Late modern	Basil Jones Frederick Watkins Robert Crosthwaite Cecil Cooper Arthur England Thomas Layng George Townley Charles Forder Leslie Stanbridge George Austin Richard Seed Sarah Bullock

* territories not recorded

Diocese of York

York Minster Bishopthorpe Palace Diocesan House, York

Office holders	The Archbishop of York (Primate of England), John Sentamu The Bishop suffragan of Whitby, Paul Ferguson The Bishop suffragan of Selby, John Thomson The Bishop suffragan of Hull, Alison White AEO: Glyn Webster, Bishop suffragan of Beverley The Dean of York, Vivienne Faull The Archdeacon for Generous Giving and Stewardship, David Butterfield The Archdeacon of York, Sarah Bullock The Archdeacon of the East Riding, Andy Broom The Archdeacon of Cleveland, Sam Rushton

Provincial episcopal visitors	The Bishop suffragan of Beverley, Glyn Webster

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Richmond (12th century–1541; became Diocese of Chester) Archdeacon of Nottingham (12th century–1837; transferred to Lincoln) Archdeacon of Sheffield (1884–1914; became Diocese of Sheffield) Archdeacon of Doncaster (1913–1914; transferred to Sheffield)

Historic palaces	Cawood Castle (12th–17th centuries) York Place (13th–16th centuries) Hampton Court Palace (1514–1528) York House, Strand (16th–17th centuries)

↑ Obituary. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 22 April 1958; pg. 14; Issue 54131
↑ Her Majesty's Household. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 6 Aug 1952; pg. 6; Issue 52383
↑ ‘LAYNG, Rev. Thomas Malcolm’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 26 July 2014
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 p 783: Oxford, OUP, 1947
↑ Deaths. The Times (London, England), Saturday, 26 April 1958; pg. 8; Issue 54135

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