The Very Rev

Very Reverend

The Very Reverend is a style given to certain religious figures.*In the Roman Catholic Church, by custom, priests who hold positions of particular note: e.g...

 Kenneth William Haworth was the Dean of Salisbury

Dean of Salisbury

The Dean of Salisbury is the Head of the Chapter of Salisbury Cathedral in the Church of England. The current Dean is The Very Revd June Osborne, who was installed in 2004.-Selected office-holders:*Walter 1102*Osbert 1105*Robert 1111*Serlo 1122...

 in the Church of England

Church of England

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 from 1960 until his retirement in 1971 .
Born on 21 January 1903 and educated at Cheltenham

Cheltenham College

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  and Clare College, Cambridge

Clare College, Cambridge

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, he was ordained into the priesthood in 1926. His first post was as a Curate

Curate

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 at St Giles, Willenhall

Willenhall

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  after which he was Domestic Chaplain

Chaplain

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 to the Bishop of Lichfield

John Augustine Kempthorne

John Augustine Kempthorne was an Anglican Bishop, the second Bishop of Hull in the modern era from 1910 until 1913, who was then translated to Lichfield where he served until 1937....

 then Rector

Rector

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 of Baunton

Baunton

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 . From 1947 to 1960 he was Principal

Dean (religion)

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 at Wells Theological College before his elevation to the Deanery

Deanery

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. He died on 22 April 1988.