Richard Charles Challinor Watson

Richard Charles Challinor Watson was the seventh Bishop of Burnley from 1970 [ [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=055-pr3096&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18 Induction details] ] to 1988. Born on 16 February 1923, he was educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford [Who's Who 1970 London, A & C Black, 1971 ISBN 0713611405 ] and studied for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge before a curacy in Stratford, London . After that he was successively: a tutor at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford [During which time he married Anna Chevasse, elder daughter of the then Bishop of Rochester- The Times, Monday, Dec 12, 1955; pg. 10; Issue 53401; col B Marriages ] ;Chaplain of Wadham College, Oxford ; Vicar of Hornchurch [Crockford's clerical directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House ISBN 0108153674] ; and finally, before his elevation to the Episcopate, Rural Dean of Havering. He retired to Thame in 1998 and died on on 1 March 1998.

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