Stretton Reeve

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(Arthur) Stretton Reeve (11 June 1907 – 27 January 1981[1]) was Bishop of Lichfield from 1953[2] until 1 December 1974.[3]

Early life and education

Born into an ecclesiastical family, son of The Reverend Arthur Reeve and his wife Violet Inez[4] Reeve was educated at Brighton College and Selwyn College, Cambridge. He rowed for the winning Cambridge eight in the 1930 Boat Race.

Ecclesiastical career

Reeve's first post after

episcopate as Bishop of Lichfield in 1953.[7]

Reeve also served as Chaplain to King

George VI from 1945 to 1952 and to Queen Elizabeth II 1952 to 1953.[8]

Retirement

After retirement from the episcopacy Reeve lived at Huntington Green, Ashford Carbonell, Shropshire.[8]

Marriage and children

Reeve married Flora Montgomery McNeill in 1936, by whom he had a son and two daughters.

Notes

  1. ^ "Obituary- The Right Rev A. S. Reeve Former Bishop of Lichfield". The Times. No. 60838. 29 January 1981. p. 17; col G.
  2. ^ "Two New Bishops Nominated Birmingham And Lichfield". The Times. No. 52652. 19 June 1953. p. 8; col D.
  3. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 27 August 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  5. ^ Leodis
  6. ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  7. ^ a b Who's Who, 1976. A and C Black, London. p. 1981.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Edward Sydney Woods
Bishop of Lichfield
1953–1974
Succeeded by
Kenneth John Fraser Skelton