Reginald Waterfield
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Reginald Waterfield (20 December 1867 – 8 March 1967) was an Anglican priest[1] in the 20th century.[2]
Education and career[edit]
He was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford,[3] and was ordained in 1897.[4] He was assistant master at Rugby School,[5] then Principal of Cheltenham College, then Archdeacon of Cirencester (renamed Archdeacon of Cheltenham in 1919).[6] In 1919 he became Dean of Hereford,[7] a post he held until his retirement in 1947.[8] He died in March 1967 aged 99 years and, following cremation, his ashes were buried in the Lady Arbour at Hereford Cathedral.[9]
Freemasonry[edit]
Waterfield was a prominent Freemason, and served as Provincial Grand Master of Herefordshire from 1923 to 1946.[10] The Dean Waterfield Lodge No 8089 in Hereford is named after him. He and his Bishop, Hensley Henson, were both founders of the Cantilupe Lodge No 4083,[11] named after Thomas de Cantilupe of Hereford.
Family[edit]
Reginald Lawson Waterfield (1900-1986), haematologist and astronomer, was his son.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
- ^ The Times, Thursday, Mar 09, 1967; pg. 14; Issue 56885; col F Very Rev. R. Waterfield Former Dean And Headmaster
- ^ The Times, Friday, May 03, 1895; pg. 10; Issue 34567; col B University Intelligence
- ^ Ordinations Durham The Times Tuesday, Sep 21, 1897; pg. 8; Issue 35314; col F
- ^ Moir, Prebendary A.L. (1968). Deans of Hereford. Orphans Printing Press. p. 54.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941
- ^ The New Dean Of Hereford The Times Monday, Dec 22, 1919; pg. 9; Issue 42289; col B
- ^ "Hereford Cathedral: a history" Aylmer, G/Tiller,J: London, Hambledon, 2000 ISBN 1-85285-194-5
- ^ Deans of Hereford. p. 56.
- ^ "Sitter: Very Rev. Reginald Waterfield (1867-1967)". V&A Lanayette Negative Archive. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Cantilupe Lodge - No 4083". Provincial Grand Lodge of Herefordshire. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Munks Roll Details for Reginald Lawson Waterfield". munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2017.