Brian Matthews (priest)
Brian Benjamin Matthews OBE[1] (1914–1997)[2] was Archdeacon of the Riviera from 1977 to 1982.
Matthews was educated at Hertford College, Oxford and ordained in 1938. After a curacy in Aldershot he was a Chaplain in the RNVR[3] from 1941 to 1946. After another curacy at Tewkesbury Abbey he was Chaplain at Denstone College from 1948 to 1958. He then served at Monte Carlo, Gibraltar and Valletta.[4]
Notes[]
- ^ London Gazette
- ^ "Oxford University Gazette, obituaries". Archived from the original on 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2017-05-18.
- ^ NLS
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980-1982 p671 Oxford, OUP, 1983 ISBN 0-19-200010-1
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