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'''Niel (Nathaniel Kemp) Nye'''<ref>[http://search.lma.gov.uk/LMA_DOC/P95_TRI1.PDF London Metropolitan Archives]</ref> (4 November 1914 – 9 January 2003) was the [[Archdeacon of Maidstone]] from 1972<ref>''Church News'' [[The Times]] (London, England), Thursday, Sep 21, 1972; pg. 16; Issue 58585</ref> to 1979.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1419965/The-Ven-Niel-Nye.html Telegraph obituary]</ref>
'''Niel (Nathaniel Kemp) Nye'''<ref>[http://search.lma.gov.uk/LMA_DOC/P95_TRI1.PDF London Metropolitan Archives]</ref> (4 November 1914 – 9 January 2003) was the [[Archdeacon of Maidstone]] from 1972<ref>''Church News'' [[The Times]] (London, England), Thursday, Sep 21, 1972; pg. 16; Issue 58585</ref> to 1979.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Ven Niel Nye |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225214534/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1419965/The-Ven-Niel-Nye.html |archive-date=25 December 2016 |url-status=live |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1419965/The-Ven-Niel-Nye.html}}</ref>


Nye was educated at [[Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood]], [[King's College London]] and [[Ripon College Cuddesdon]]. He was [[ordained]] [[deacon]] in 1937, and [[priest]] in 1938.<ref>''[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]] 1975-76'' [[London]]: [[Oxford University Press|OUP]], 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}</ref> After a [[Curate|curacy]] at St Peter on the St Helier Estate in the [[Anglican Diocese of Southwark|Diocese of Southwark]] he was a [[Chaplain]] in the [[RAF]],<ref>[http://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/pageturner.cfm?id=96106950&mode=transcription National Library of Scotland]</ref> from 1940<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34786/page/724/data.pdf London Gazette]</ref> during which he was a [[Prisoner of war]] in [[Italy]].<ref>[https://camp59survivors.wordpress.com/list-of-camp-59-prisoners/ Camp 59 survivors]</ref> He was [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of [[Holy Trinity Church, Clapham|Holy Trinity]], [[Clapham]] from 1946 to 1954; [[Vicar]] of his old church on the St Helier Estate from 1954 to 60; and then [[Vicar]] of All Saints, [[Maidstone]] ([[Rural Dean]]) from 1960 until 1966; and then [[Archibald Tait|Tait]] [[Missioner]] for the [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury Diocese]] from 1966 until his appointment as [[Archdeacon]].<ref>‘NYE, Ven. Nathaniel Kemp’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U29796, accessed 25 Dec 2016]</ref>
Nye was educated at [[Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood]], [[King's College London]] and [[Ripon College Cuddesdon]]. He was [[ordained]] [[deacon]] in 1937, and [[priest]] in 1938.<ref>''[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]] 1975-76'' [[London]]: [[Oxford University Press|OUP]], 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}</ref> After a [[Curate|curacy]] at St Peter on the St Helier Estate in the [[Anglican Diocese of Southwark|Diocese of Southwark]] he was a [[Chaplain]] in the [[RAF]],<ref>[http://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/pageturner.cfm?id=96106950&mode=transcription National Library of Scotland]</ref> from 1940<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34786/page/724/data.pdf London Gazette]</ref> during which he was a [[Prisoner of war]] in [[Italy]].<ref>[https://camp59survivors.wordpress.com/list-of-camp-59-prisoners/ Camp 59 survivors]</ref> He was [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of [[Holy Trinity Church, Clapham|Holy Trinity]], [[Clapham]] from 1946 to 1954; [[Vicar]] of his old church on the St Helier Estate from 1954 to 60; and then [[Vicar]] of All Saints, [[Maidstone]] ([[Rural Dean]]) from 1960 until 1966; and then [[Archibald Tait|Tait]] [[Missioner]] for the [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury Diocese]] from 1966 until his appointment as [[Archdeacon]].<ref>‘NYE, Ven. Nathaniel Kemp’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U29796, accessed 25 Dec 2016]</ref>

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Niel (Nathaniel Kemp) Nye[1] (4 November 1914 – 9 January 2003) was the Archdeacon of Maidstone from 1972[2] to 1979.[3]

Nye was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, King's College London and Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was ordained deacon in 1937, and priest in 1938.[4] After a curacy at St Peter on the St Helier Estate in the Diocese of Southwark he was a Chaplain in the RAF,[5] from 1940[6] during which he was a Prisoner of war in Italy.[7] He was Rector of Holy Trinity, Clapham from 1946 to 1954; Vicar of his old church on the St Helier Estate from 1954 to 60; and then Vicar of All Saints, Maidstone (Rural Dean) from 1960 until 1966; and then Tait Missioner for the Canterbury Diocese from 1966 until his appointment as Archdeacon.[8]

His Times obituary[9] described him as an

"influential pastor who combined commitment to his parishioners with deep personal devotion in an exemplary Anglican ministry which influenced several generations of clergy and laity alike"

References

  1. ^ London Metropolitan Archives
  2. ^ Church News The Times (London, England), Thursday, Sep 21, 1972; pg. 16; Issue 58585
  3. ^ "The Ven Niel Nye". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 25 December 2016.
  4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  5. ^ National Library of Scotland
  6. ^ London Gazette
  7. ^ Camp 59 survivors
  8. ^ ‘NYE, Ven. Nathaniel Kemp’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 25 Dec 2016
  9. ^ The Times on-line
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Maidstone
1972–1979
Succeeded by