Richard Mayston
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Richard John Forrester Mayston | |
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| Provost of Leicester Cathedral | |
| In office 1958–1963 | |
Richard John Forrester Mayston CBE was an Anglican priest.[1]
He was born in Dublin on 23 January 1907, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1931.[2] He began his career as a curate in Holywood, County Down. Commissioned into the Royal Army Chaplains' Department, he served until 1958.[3] He then became Provost of Leicester Cathedral, a post he held until his death on 13 May 1963.[4]
Notes[edit]
- ^ "The Mayston Chair", Leicester Anglican Cathedral
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1947-48 Oxford: OUP (1947)
- ^ "Who was Who, 1897–2007", Who's Who, London: A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ "Very Rev. R. J. F. Mayston Provost of Leicester", The Times, 14 May 1963; p. 17; Issue 55700; column B