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{{Portal|Anglicanism}}'''Benjamin George Burton Fox''', [[Military Cross|MC]] (28 July 1913-6 November 1978)<ref>[http://www.thepeerage.com/p8123.htm#i81223 thePeerage.com]</ref> was [[Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech|Archdeacon of Wisbech]] from 1964<ref>''Ecclesiastical News'' [[The Times]] (London, England), Thursday, Oct 15, 1964; pg. 14; Issue 56143</ref> until his death.<ref>‘ FOX, Ven. (Benjamin) George (Burton)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U167980, accessed 10 March 2014]</ref>
{{Portal|Anglicanism}}'''Benjamin George Burton Fox''', [[Military Cross|MC]] (28 July 1913-6 November 1978)<ref>[http://www.thepeerage.com/p8123.htm#i81223 thePeerage.com]</ref> was [[Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech|Archdeacon of Wisbech]] from 1964<ref>''Ecclesiastical News'' [[The Times]] (London, England), Thursday, Oct 15, 1964; pg. 14; Issue 56143</ref> until his death.<ref>‘ FOX, Ven. (Benjamin) George (Burton)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U167980, accessed 10 March 2014]</ref>
Fox was educated at [[Norwich School (independent school)| King Edward VI Grammar School, Norwich]] and the [[University of London]]; and was [[ordained]] in 1936. He served [[Curate|curacies]] in [[Guildford]] and [[Bath]]. After this he was a [[Chaplain]] to the [[British Armed Forces|Forces]] during [[World War Two]].<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34720/supplements/7261/page.pdf London Gazette]</ref> When peace returned he held [[Vicar|incumbencies]] in [[Potten End]], [[ Bedford]], [[Montego Bay]] (where he was also the [[Archdeacon]] of [[Cornwall County, Jamaica|Cornwall]] from 1950 to 1955), [[Fulham]]<ref>[http://www.stetheldredawithstclementfulham.org.uk/history.html stetheldredawithstclementfulham]</ref> and [[Haddenham]].<ref>''[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]] 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X</ref>
Fox was educated at [[Norwich School (independent school)| King Edward VI Grammar School, Norwich]] and the [[University of London]]; and was [[ordained]] in 1936. He served [[Curate|curacies]] in [[Guildford]] and [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]. After this he was a [[Chaplain]] to the [[British Armed Forces|Forces]] during [[World War Two]].<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34720/supplements/7261/page.pdf London Gazette]</ref> When peace returned he held [[Vicar|incumbencies]] in [[Potten End]], [[ Bedford]], [[Montego Bay]] (where he was also the [[Archdeacon]] of [[Cornwall County, Jamaica|Cornwall]] from 1950 to 1955), [[Fulham]]<ref>[http://www.stetheldredawithstclementfulham.org.uk/history.html stetheldredawithstclementfulham]</ref> and [[Haddenham]].<ref>''[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]] 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X</ref>
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Revision as of 17:58, 14 March 2014

Benjamin George Burton Fox, MC (28 July 1913-6 November 1978)[1] was Archdeacon of Wisbech from 1964[2] until his death.[3]

Fox was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Norwich and the University of London; and was ordained in 1936. He served curacies in Guildford and Bath. After this he was a Chaplain to the Forces during World War Two.[4] When peace returned he held incumbencies in Potten End, Bedford, Montego Bay (where he was also the Archdeacon of Cornwall from 1950 to 1955), Fulham[5] and Haddenham.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ thePeerage.com
  2. ^ Ecclesiastical News The Times (London, England), Thursday, Oct 15, 1964; pg. 14; Issue 56143
  3. ^ ‘ FOX, Ven. (Benjamin) George (Burton)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 10 March 2014
  4. ^ London Gazette
  5. ^ stetheldredawithstclementfulham
  6. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
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Preceded by Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech
1964–1978
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