Harry Sydney Radcliffe (7 May 1867 - 6 October 1949) was Archdeacon of Lynn from 1926 to 1946; and as such he played a leading role in the removal of the Rector of Stiffkey in 1932.[1]

The fourth son of Sir David Radcliffe,[2] Lord Mayor of Liverpool from 1884 to 1886, he was born in that city[3] on 7 May 1867 and educated at its college.[4] In 1884 he was commissioned as a volunteer officer into the Liverpool Rifles.[5] He graduated from Exeter College, Oxford in 1893 and was ordained after a period of study at Leeds Clergy School two years later. Radcliffe began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy in Aspull.[6] After this he was Rector of Gaywood, Norfolk[7] from 1906 to 1946; and Rural Dean of Lynn from 1918 to 1926.

An authority on Norfolk Church plate,[8] he died at Fakenham on 6 October 1949.[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ The Rector Of Stiffkey The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 13, 1932; pg. 14; Issue 46158; Stiffkey Parish Church The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jun 14, 1932; pg. 11; Issue 46159.; The Rector Of Stiffkey Bishop’s sentence of Deprivation The Times (London, England), Saturday, Oct 22, 1932; pg. 7; Issue 46271
  2. ↑ Art UK
  3. ↑ thePeerage.com
  4. ↑ ‘RADCLIFFE, Ven. Harry Sydney’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Oct 2012 accessed 29 July 2013
  5. ↑ London Gazette
  6. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1929 p1060
  7. ↑ Bere Regis.org
  8. ↑ Church Care
  9. ↑ Obituary The Times (London, England), Saturday, Oct 08, 1949; pg. 7; Issue 51507
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