The Rt Rev

Right Reverend

The Right Reverend is a style applied to certain religious figures.*In the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain it applies to bishops except that The Most Reverend is used for archbishops .*In some churches with a...

 Lewis Mervyn Charles-Edwards, DD

Doctor of Divinity

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was an Anglican Bishop

Bishop

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  in the third quarter of the 20th century. Born on 6 April 1902 he was educated at Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury School

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 and Keble College, Oxford

Keble College, Oxford

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 . After this he studied for ordination at Lichfield Theological College followed by a Curacy

Curate

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 at Christ Church, Tunstall

Tunstall, Staffordshire

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. He then held incumbencies

Vicar

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 at Marchington

Marchington

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 and Market Drayton

Market Drayton

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 before becoming Rural Dean

Rural Dean

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 of Hodnet then Newark

Newark-on-Trent

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. An Honorary Chaplain to the King

Honorary Chaplain to the King

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 he was Vicar

Vicar

In the broadest sense, a vicar is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior . In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant...

 of St Martin in the Fields, London

London

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 until his elevation to the Episcopate  in 1956, serving for 14 years. A Sub-Prelate

Prelate

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 of the Order of St John of Jerusalem

Venerable Order of Saint John

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he died on 20 October 1983 .