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Template:Anglican Portal William Aubrey Aitken (1911 - 1985) was the second Bishop of Lynn from 1972 until 1986[1]. Born into an ecclesiastical family[2] and educated at Norwich School and Trinity College, Oxford [3] he was ordained in 1935. After curacies at Tynemouth and Kingston, Jamaica he was successively the incumbent at Kessingland, Sprowston [4] and St Margaret’s King’s Lynn [5] before becoming Archdeacon of Norwich in 1961, a position he held until his elevation to the Episcopate. A keen yachtsman[6],he died in post at the age of 73[7].

Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Lynn
1972 – 1986
Succeeded by

Notes

  1. ^ New Bishop namedThe Times Thursday, Dec 21, 1972; pg. 4; Issue 58662; col E
  2. ^ Details of family
  3. ^ “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
  4. ^ Crockford's clerical directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House ISBN 0108153674
  5. ^ Church web site
  6. ^ Annals of the Norfolk Broads Sailing Club
  7. ^ The Times, Monday, Jun 03, 1985; pg. 12; Issue 62154; col G Obituary Bishop Of Lynn