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Eric Milner Milner-White,

superior between 1923 and 1938. From 1941 to 1963, he was the Dean of York in the Church of England
.

Early life and education

Milner-White was the son of Henry Milner-White (a barrister and company chairman) and his wife Kathleen Lucy (née Meeres), later Sir Henry and Lady Milner-White. He was educated at Harrow School before going to King's College, Cambridge in 1903. He won a scholarship to Cambridge to read history and graduated in 1906 with a double-first and as the recipient of the Lightfoot Scholarship.[1][2]

Dean of King's College, Cambridge

After theological training at

Mentioned in Despatches on 24 December 1917[6] and awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in the 1918 New Year Honours.[7] He resigned his commission on 5 January 1918[8] and returned to Cambridge. Upon returning he was made the Dean and a Fellow of King's College. He was a founder of the Oratory of the Good Shepherd and also the order's superior from 1923 to 1938.[4] He was re-appointed as an honorary chaplain to the armed forces, 3rd class, on 1 September 1921.[9]

During his time at King's College, Milner-White introduced the

Collegium Regale service settings when he challenged Howells to write music for King's College as part of a bet in 1941. Howells remarked that his composition was "the only Te Deum to be born of a decanal bet". The settings have since become a well known part of the Anglican church music repertoire.[10]

Dean of York

Milner-White remained at King's until 1941, when he was appointed

Woodard Corporation, a charity which runs a number of private schools with a strong Christian ethos and, from 1948 to 1962, was amongst those who produced the New English Bible.[4]

A variety of Milner-White's written papers are held at the King's College Archive Centre at the University of Cambridge, having been presented to the university in 1982 by Milner-White's "literary executor", the Revd P. N. Pare. Other items have since been added to the collection.[1]

He was an avid collector of ceramics.[2]

Milner-White was made an honorary freeman of the

Doctorate of Divinity.[4] He was also awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters (DLitt) in 1962 by the University of Leeds.[13]

Milner-White died of cancer in the deanery of York Minster on 15 June 1963.[4]

Since his death, a court of student accommodation at the University of York's Vanbrugh College have been named after him.

He was godfather to the historian of stained glass Hilary Wayment.

Works

  • The Book of Hugh and Nancy (Macmillan, 1938) with
    Eleanor Shipley Duckett
  • Daily Prayer (Oxford University Press, 1942) with G. W. Briggs
  • A Procession of Passion Prayers (SPCK, 1950)
  • After the Third Collect (Mowbray, 1952)
  • My God, My Glory: Aspirations, Acts and Prayers on the Desire of God (SPCK, 1954)

References

  1. ^ a b "The Papers of Eric Milner-White". Janus, University of Cambridge. 1997. Retrieved 2 May 2008.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-0850338133
    . Retrieved 22 December 2022 – via www.amazon.co.uk.
  3. ^ "King's College Choir Association Archive Photos - 1911, 1927, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939 & 1941". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  4. ^
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47849
    . Retrieved on 28 November 2008.
  5. ^ "No. 30195". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 July 1917. p. 7433. Chaplains of this grade wear the same rank insignia as majors in other regiments and corps of the British Army
  6. ^ "No. 30445". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 December 1917. p. 13490.
  7. ^ "No. 30450". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1917. pp. 17–24.
  8. ^ "No. 30534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 February 1918. p. 2271.
  9. ^ "No. 32646". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 March 1922. p. 2396.
  10. ISBN 9781782830504
    . Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  11. ^ "No. 35283". The London Gazette. 23 September 1941. pp. 5515–5516.
  12. ^ "No. 39555". The London Gazette. 30 May 1952. pp. 3017–3018.
  13. ^ "Honorary graduates" Archived 10 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine (2008), University of Leeds. Retrieved on 2 May 2008.

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