Ian Hugh White-Thomson (18 December 1904 – 11 January 1997) [1] was an Anglican [2] priest and Dean of Canterbury [3] from 1963 [4] to 1976. [5]
The son of a former Bishop of Ely, White-Thomson was educated at Harrow School, [6] where he was a Monitor and in the Football XI, and Brasenose. [7] He was ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1930 and began his career as a Curate at St Mary's, Ashford, Kent. [8] After this he was Rector of St Martin and St Paul, Canterbury [9] then Chaplain [10] to [11] three successive [12] Archbishops of Canterbury. He was a governor of his old school from 1947 to 1962 and archdeacon of Northumberland from [13] 1955 to 1963. In 1971 was made an honorary doctor of civil law by the University of Kent; [14] and in 1976 a Freeman of the City of Canterbury.
Ian Hugh White-Thomson (18 December 1904 – 11 January 1997) [1] was an Anglican [2] priest and Dean of Canterbury [3] from 1963 [4] to 1976. [5]
The son of a former Bishop of Ely, White-Thomson was educated at Harrow School, [6] where he was a Monitor and in the Football XI, and Brasenose. [7] He was ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1930 and began his career as a Curate at St Mary's, Ashford, Kent. [8] After this he was Rector of St Martin and St Paul, Canterbury [9] then Chaplain [10] to [11] three successive [12] Archbishops of Canterbury. He was a governor of his old school from 1947 to 1962 and archdeacon of Northumberland from [13] 1955 to 1963. In 1971 was made an honorary doctor of civil law by the University of Kent; [14] and in 1976 a Freeman of the City of Canterbury.