Cecil Cooper (priest)
Cecil Henry Hamilton Cooper (25 October 1871[1] – 6 January 1942) was Dean of Carlisle[2] from 1933 to 1938.
Born into an ecclesiastical family in Beyton, Suffolk,[3] Cooper was the son of Henry William Cooper, sometime Vicar of West Norwood.[4] he was educated at Pocklington School and Keble College, Oxford and ordained in 1895. After curacies at St Mary's Alverstoke[5] and St Faith with St Cross Hospital, Winchester he held incumbencies in Winchester and Scarborough[6] before being appointed Archdeacon of York in 1923. A decade later he was elevated to the Deanery,[7] retiring in 1938. He died on 6 January 1942.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ The Official Year-book of the National Assembly of the Church of England. Church of England National Assembly [and] Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1933. p. 71. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ Deans of Carlisle
- ^ 1911 England Census
- ^ Who was Who 1897–1990. London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
- ^ Vicars of Scarborough
- ^ New Dean Of Carlisle Archdeacon Of York Appointed The Times Wednesday, 15 February 1933; p. 12; Issue 46369; col D
- ^ The Times, Thursday, 8 January 1942; p. 1; Issue 49128; col A Deaths
