Robert Meiklejohn[1] (20 December 1889 – 7 July 1974) was Archdeacon of Norwich from 1954[2] to 1961.[3]
Meiklejohn was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's and King's College, London. He was ordained in 1914. He was a Royal Naval chaplain from 1915 to 1919. He was vicar of Dorrington, Shropshire, from 1920 to 1925; a chaplain with the Missions to Seamen from 1926 to 1929; rector of Felbrigg with Metton from 1930 (and Sustead from 1947) to April 1961;[4] and rural dean of Repps from 1945 to 1954.[5] He retired as Archdeacon in mid-1961,[6] and was made archdeacon emeritus around November that year.[7]
References
edit- ^ The Ecclesiastical Law Society
- ^ Church Appointments The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 30 March 1954; p. 8; Issue 52893
- ^ Crockfords 1967/8 p833 (London, OUP, 1967) p 603
- ^ "Archdeacon resigns his three parishes". Church Times. No. 5122. 14 April 1961. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Mieklejohn, Robert". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "New Archdeacon of Norwich". Church Times. No. 5129. 2 June 1961. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Clerical Appointments". Church Times. No. 5151. 3 November 1961. p. 19. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.