Richard Mayston

Richard John Forrester Mayston
CBE
Richard John Forrester Mayston CBE
Provost of Leicester Cathedral
	In office; 1958–1963

Richard John Forrester Mayston was an Anglican priest.^[1]

He was born in Dublin on 23 January 1907, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1931.^[2] He began his career with a curacy in Holywood. Commissioned into the Royal Army Chaplains' Department, he served until 1958.^[3] He then became Provost of Leicester Cathedral, a post he held until his death on 13 May 1963.^[4]

Notes[]

^ The Mayston Chair
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947
^ "Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
^ The Times, Tuesday, 14 May 1963; p. 17; Issue 55700; col B Very Rev. R. J. F. Mayston Provost of Leicester

Church of England titles
Preceded by Mervyn Armstrong	Provost of Leicester Cathedral 1958– 1963	Succeeded by John Chester Hughes

[1] The Mayston Chair

[2] Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947

[3] "Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7

[4] The Times, Tuesday, 14 May 1963; p. 17; Issue 55700; col B Very Rev. R. J. F. Mayston Provost of Leicester

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v t Provosts and Deans of Leicester
Provosts	Frederick MacNutt Herbert Jones Mervyn Armstrong Richard Mayston John Hughes Alan Warren Derek Hole Vivienne Faull (became Dean)
Deans	Vivienne Faull (previously Provost) David Monteith

v t Diocese of Leicester
Leicester Cathedral Launde Abbey
Office holders	Martyn Snow, Bishop of Leicester Saju Muthalaly, Bishop suffragan of Loughborough AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough & Rod Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Maidstone David Monteith, Dean of Leicester Claire Wood, Archdeacon of Loughborough Richard Worsfold, Archdeacon of Leicester
Historic offices	Provost of Leicester (1927–2000; see Dean of Leicester) Assistant Bishop of Leicester (1987–2017; see Bishop of Loughborough)