George Gardner (priest)

George Lawrence Harter Gardner (1 September 1853 – 20 September 1925) was an eminent Anglican priest[1] in the first quarter of the twentieth century.[2]

Gardner was born on 1 September 1853, educated at Cheltenham College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge,[3] and ordained in 1875. After a curacy at St. Mary's, Nottingham he was the incumbent at All Saints, Cheltenham[4] until 1911.[5] From then until 1920 he was Diocesan Chaplain to the Bishop of Birmingham; and Archdeacon of Aston from 1913. His last post was Archdeacon of Cheltenham.[6]

He died on 20 September 1925.[7]

References
  1. National Archives
  2. GARDNER, Ven. George Lawrence Harter’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 8 April 2013
  3. “Alumni Cantabrigienses” Venn,J/Venn,J.A Cambridge, Cambridge University Press” Vol 2Part 3 pg12
  4. ‘ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE’ The Hampshire Advertiser (Southampton, England), Saturday, July 17, 1886; pg. 2; Issue 4183
  5. Parish web-site
  6. Gloucestershire Archives on-line
  7. Deaths The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Sep 22, 1925; pg. 1; Issue 44073
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Walter Hobhouse		 Archdeacon of Aston
1913–1920		 Succeeded by
Harold Richards
Preceded by
Reginald Waterfield		 Archdeacon of Cheltenham
1920–1924		 Succeeded by
Alan Whitmore Cornwall


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