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Chandos Morgan

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Chandos Clifford Hastings Mansel Morgan, CB (12 August 1920 – 1 January 1993) was a Church of England priest and military chaplain. He was Chaplain of the Fleet and Archdeacon of the Royal Navy from 1972 to 1975.[1]

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Early life

Morgan was born on 12 August 1920. He was educated at Stowe School, then an all-boys private school in Stowe, Buckinghamshire. He studied at Jesus College, Cambridge.[2]

Ordained ministry

Morgan was ordained in 1944.[3] After a curacy at Holy Trinity, Tunbridge Wells[4] he became a Naval Chaplain and served on (amongst others) HMS Pembroke, HMS Theseus, HMS Caledonia, HMS Ark Royal and HMS Collingwood before becoming head of the service as Chaplain of the Fleet.

On his retirement from the Royal Navy he was appointed chaplain of Dean Close School, Cheltenham, and subsequently Rector of St Margaret Lothbury by the Simeon Trust.

He died on 1 January 1993.

References

  1. [1]
    Anglesay Today Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    "Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. [3]
    Crockford's Clerical Directory 1947-48 Oxford, OUP, 1941
  4. [4]
    "Church web site". Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
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