Godfrey Stuart Harling Worsley[1] (4 December 1906 – 10 November 1990) was an Anglican priest in the 20th century.[2]
Worsley was born into an ecclesiastical family. His father was A. E. Worsley, sometime Rector of Georgeham[3] on 4 December 1906[4] and educated at Dean Close School. He was ordained deacon in 1929 and priest in 1931 and began ministry as a curate at Croydon Parish Church.[5] In 1933 he became a chaplain to the British Armed Forces.[6] serving until 1954 when he became Rector of Kingsland, Herefordshire. In 1960 he was appointed Dean of Gibraltar,[7] a position he held until 1969, and after which he was made Dean emeritus. He was of Rector of Penselwood from 1969 to 1979.
References
- ^ NPG details
- ^ Gibraltar Cathedral web site
- ^ "Worsley, Godfrey Stuart Harling", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007 accessed 4 July 2012
- ^ Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1947-48 London: Oxford University Press, 1947
- ^ London gazette
- ^ Ecclesiastical News. New Dean of Gibraltar The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 10, 1960; pg. 8; Issue 54794
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