Richard Shuttleworth Wingfield Digby (19 August 1911 – 29 January 2007 [1]) was the Dean of Peterborough in the Church of England from 1966 to 1980. [2] [3]
He was educated at the Nautical College, Pangbourne, and Christ's College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1937 and began his ministry as a curate at St Andrew's, Rugby. He then became a chaplain to the Forces and was a prisoner of war from 1940 to 1945. [4] When peace returned he became vicar of All Saints, Newmarket [5] and then Rural Dean of Bury [6] before his appointment to the deanery. [7]
Richard Shuttleworth Wingfield Digby (19 August 1911 – 29 January 2007 [1]) was the Dean of Peterborough in the Church of England from 1966 to 1980. [2] [3]
He was educated at the Nautical College, Pangbourne, and Christ's College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1937 and began his ministry as a curate at St Andrew's, Rugby. He then became a chaplain to the Forces and was a prisoner of war from 1940 to 1945. [4] When peace returned he became vicar of All Saints, Newmarket [5] and then Rural Dean of Bury [6] before his appointment to the deanery. [7]