Arthur Selwyn Bean [1] ( 23 April 1886 – 4 July 1981) was Archdeacon of Manchester [2] from 1934 [3] to 1966. [4]
He was educated at Christ’s College, [5] Christchurch, New Zealand [6] and Keble College, Oxford and ordained in 1910. [7] After a curacy in Rugby he held incumbencies at Ribby with Wrea, Weaste, and Astley. He was an Honorary Chaplain to the Forces [8] during World War II and an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen from 1952 to 1969. [9]
References
- ^ NPG details
- ^ St Barnabas, Manchester
- ^ ‘Ecclesiastical News’ The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 25, 1934; pg. 14; Issue 46842
- ^ National Archives
- ^ ‘BEAN, Ven. Arthur Selwyn’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 23 June 2013
- ^ government Past Papers
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929 p82
- ^ Edinburgh Gazette
- ^ London Gazette