David Herbert "Peter" Booth MBE QHC (26 January 1907 – 24 March 1993) [1] was the Archdeacon of Lewes [2] from 1959 [3] to 1971 and Headmaster of Shoreham Grammar School from 1972 to 1977.
Booth was educated at Bedford School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. [4] He began ordained ministry as a curate at All Saints' Hampton [5] after which he was chaplain of Tonbridge School from 1935 to 1940. Following World War II service in the RNVR [6] he was Rector of Stepney from 1945 to 1953 and Vicar of Brighton from 1953 to 1959. [7] He was also an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen. [8]
David Herbert "Peter" Booth MBE QHC (26 January 1907 – 24 March 1993) [1] was the Archdeacon of Lewes [2] from 1959 [3] to 1971 and Headmaster of Shoreham Grammar School from 1972 to 1977.
Booth was educated at Bedford School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. [4] He began ordained ministry as a curate at All Saints' Hampton [5] after which he was chaplain of Tonbridge School from 1935 to 1940. Following World War II service in the RNVR [6] he was Rector of Stepney from 1945 to 1953 and Vicar of Brighton from 1953 to 1959. [7] He was also an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen. [8]