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Noel Charles Christopherson, MC[1] (1890 - 29 May 1968) was the Dean of Peterborough in the Church of England from 1943[2] until 1965.
He was educated at Uppingham School and St John's College, Oxford,[3] he was ordained in 1913 and began his career with a curacy at St John’s, Walworth. He was then appointed Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Newcastle. During the Great War he was a Chaplain to the Forces and was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Military Cross. When peace returned he became Vicar of St John’s, East Dulwich[4] then Archdeacon of Colombo. From 1935 he was Vicar of Eltham [5] and after that Rural Dean of Woolwich before his elevation to the Deanery.[6][7]Church of England titles Preceded by
James Gilliland SimpsonDean of Peterborough
1943–1965Succeeded by
Richard Shuttleworth Wingfield-DigbyReferences
- ^ NPG details
- ^ Ecclesiastical News New Dean Of Peterborough The Times Saturday, Apr 17, 1943; pg. 2; Issue 49523; col E
- ^ “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
- ^ SJED web-site
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
- ^ Obituary Very Rev. N. C. Christopherson Former Dean of Peterborough The Times Saturday, Jun 01, 1968; pg. 10; Issue 57266; col F
Deans of Peterborough 16th century Francis Alree • Gerard Carleton • James Coorthopp • John Boxall • William Latymer • Richard Fletcher • Thomas Nevil • John Palmer17th century Richard Clayton • George Meriton • Henry Beaumont • William Pierse • John Towers • • Thomas Jackson • • Edward Rainbow • • James Duport • • Simon Patrick • • Richard Kidder • Samuel Freeman •
Lawrence Fogg18th century White Kennet • Richard Reynolds • Edward Gee • John Mandeville • Francis Lockier • John Thomas • Robert Lambe • Charles Tarrant • Charles Manners Sutton • Peter Peckard19th century Thomas Kipling • James Henry Monk • Thomas Turton • George Butler • Augustus Page Sanders • John James Stewart Perowne • Marsham Argles • William Clavell Ingram20th century William Hagger Barlow • Arnold Henry Page • James Gilliland Simpson • Noel Charles Christopherson • Randolph George Wise • Michael Bunker21st century Charles Taylor
Office holders in the Diocese of Peterborough The Bishop of Peterborough • The Bishop of Brixworth •
The Dean of Peterborough •
The Archdeacon of Oakham The Archdeacon of Northampton
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