Cuthbert Carroll Thicknesse

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The Very Rev Cuthbert Carroll Thicknesse^[1] (19 November 1887 – 2 June 1971) was Dean of St Albans ^[2] from 1936^[3] until his retirement in 1955.

Born into an ecclesiastical family^[4] and educated at Marlborough and Keble College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1913 ^[5]. He was firstly a Curate of St John-at-Hackney^[6] and then a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces, during which time he married Rhoda Oonah Marjorie Madan Pratt^[7]. He was wounded at Ypres and became Rector of Badsworth ^[8] after which he was Rector of Wigan^[9] and an Honorary Chaplain to the King before his elevation to the Deanery. A fierce opponent of Nuclear weapons ^[10], he refused to hold a service of celebration in St Alban’s Cathedral at the cessation of the war with Japan in August 1945^[11]. He was described in his obituary as “a high church man and convinced Anglican”.^[12].

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Preceded by Edward Lowry Henderson	Dean of St Albans 1936 –1955	Succeeded by Arthur Kenneth Mathews

References

1. ^ NPG details
2. ^ National Archives details
3. ^ New Dean Of St. Albans Appointment Of Canon Thicknesse The Times Thursday, Mar 05, 1936; pg. 14; Issue 47315; col G
4. ^ His father was Archdeacon, F.N Thicknesse > “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
5. ^ Burke’s Peerage
6. ^ Parish web site
7. ^ Peeerage News
8. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
9. ^ Wigan Parish Church Incumbents
10. ^ Opposition to nuclear weapons
11. ^ Obituary Dean Thicknesse The Times Thursday, Jun 03, 1971; pg. 17; Issue 58189; col G
12. ^ Times Obituary (ibid)

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Name	Thicknesse, Cuthbert Carroll
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Date of birth	19 November 1887
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Date of death	2 June 1971
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