Sidney Nowell Rostron

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The Reverend

Sidney Nowell Rostron
Principal of St John's College, Durham
ChurchChurch of England
In office1909 to 1911
PredecessorNew post
SuccessorDawson Dawson-Walker
Orders
Ordination1906 (deacon)
1907 (priest)
by Edmund Knox
Personal details
Born
Sidney Nowell Rostron

(1883-08-10)10 August 1883
Douglas, Isle of Man
Died17 March 1948(1948-03-17) (aged 64)
Marston Moreteyne, Bedfordshire, England
DenominationAnglicanism
EducationLiverpool College
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge

Sidney Nowell Rostron (10 August 1883 – 17 March 1948) was a

London College of Divinity
.

Early life

Sidney Nowell Rostron was born on 10 August 1883 in

Master of Arts (MA (Cantab)) degree.[4]

In 1905, Nowell Rostron was selected to become that year's Naden Divinity Student at St John's College.

theological college.[1]

Ordained ministry

Early ministry

Nowell Rostron was

theological college in Manchester.[1][7] In 1909, he was chosen as the first Principal of St John's Hall; a Church of England theological college and a new college of Durham University.[1] During his headship of the college, he also held permission to officiate in the Diocese of Durham.[4] In 1912, he left Durham to become Vicar of St Lawrence, Kirkdale, Liverpool.[1] In 1914, he moved once again and became Vicar of St Andrew's Church, Maghull, Liverpool.[3]

Military service

Nowell Rostron temporarily left his parish post to serve as a

Honorary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class.[9] He received two medals for his service: the British War Medal and the Victory Medal
.

Later ministry

In March 1918, Nowell Rostron was appointed Secretary of the

London College of Divinity as Whitehead Professor of Pastoralia; he held this academic position in addition to his parish ministry.[1][4] In 1933, he moved to Berkshire where he had been appointed Rector of Bradfield.[1]

In 1935, Nowell Rostron returned to London where he became Vicar of Paddington and a chaplain to St Mary's Hospital.[4] In August 1941, he was appointed Vicar of St Stephen's Church, Lansdown in Bath, Somerset, and he left London to take up the post in the October.[4] He finally stepped down as Whitehead Professor in 1942.[1] From 1944 until his death in 1948, he was Rector of Marston Moreteyne in Bedfordshire.[1]

Personal life

Nowell Rostron was married to Ellen Vivian (née Davies) who was from

Port Elizabeth, South Africa.[1]

Nowell Rostron died on 17 March 1948 at the Rectory of Marston Moreteyne; he was aged 64.[1]

Selected works

  • Nowell Rostron, Sidney (1912). The Christology of St. Paul: Hulsean prize essay, with an additional chapter. London: Robert Scott Publishing Limited.
  • Nowell Rostron, Sidney (1931). St Paul's first epistle to the Corinthians: a devotional commentary. London: Religious Tract Society.
  • Nowell Rostron, Sidney (1939). The challenge of calamity: a study of the book of Job. London: Lutterworth Press.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "The Rev. S. Nowell-Rostron". The Times. No. 51024. 19 March 1948. p. 7.
  2. ^ a b Carey, G. V., ed. (1921). The War List of the University of Cambridge, 1914-1918. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 336.
  3. ^ a b c d "New Vicar of St. Andrews Aigburth". Manchester Courier. No. 17855. 27 January 1914. p. 2.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "New Vicar of St. Stephen's". Bath Weekly Chronicle and Herald. No. 9396. 9 August 1941. p. 11.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Bible Society's New Secretary". The Times. No. 41741. 19 March 1918. p. 9.
  6. ^ "Naden Studentship for Research in Divinity". Oxford University Gazette. 14 February 2002. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  7. ISBN 978-0198269779
    .
  8. ^ "No. 29588". The London Gazette. 19 May 1916. p. 4976.
  9. ^ "No. 31064". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 December 1918. pp. 146989–14690.
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