The Ven  Lancelot Mason MBE

MBE

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, MA  was an eminent Anglican priest

Priest

A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...

 in the third quarter of the 20th century.

He was born on 22 July 1905 and educated at RN College Osborne

Osborne House

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, RN College Dartmouth

Britannia Royal Naval College

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 and Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College, Cambridge

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Ordained in 1929 he began his career with a curacy

Curate

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 at Soham

Soham

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 after which he was Residential Chaplain

Chaplain

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 to the Bishop of Chichester

George Bell (bishop)

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 until 1938. Next he was Rector

Rector

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 of Plumpton

Plumpton, East Sussex

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 with East Chiltington

East Chiltington

East Chiltington is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. It is located four miles south-east of Burgess Hill and five miles north-west of Lewes. It is a narrow-shaped parish of some on the northern slope of the South Downs. The village church is 13th century...

  (and during the war a Chaplain

Chaplain

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  with the RNVR) before being appointed Archdeacon of Chichester

Archdeacon of Chichester

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 in 1946. He additionally became a Canon Residentiary

Canon (priest)

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 at the diocese's cathedral

Chichester Cathedral

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in 1949; and retired from both posts in 1973. He died on 9 February 1990.