Leonard Stanford

Leonard John Stanford^[1] (26 September 1896 – 20 November 1967) was Archdeacon of Coventry^[2] from 1946 to 1965.^[3]

Stanford was born in Islington. During the First World War he served with various London regiments, and was attached to the North Staffordshire Regiment. He was wounded on the Somme and spent 18 months recovering in hospital.^[3] In 1919 he became a student at Merton College, Oxford, graduating in 1922,^[3] and going on to study at Cuddesdon Theological College. He was ordained as a priest in 1926.^[3]^[4] After a curacy in Royston he was Priest in charge of Brierley until 1931, then Rector of, Norton Lindsey from 1931 to 1940; Vicar of Newbold-on-Avon from 1940 to 1947 (during which time he was an honorary Chaplain in the RAF from 1941 to 1945); Rector of Bilton from 1947 to 1959; and, finally, Great with Little Packington from 1959 to 1966.^[3]^[5]

Stanford was married twice: in 1927 to Dora Kathleen Timms (she died in 1939), with whom he had three sons and a daughter; and in 1941 to Hilda Kathleen Cooke, with whom he had two sons.^[3]

References

↑ thePeerage.com
↑ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
1 2 3 4 5 6 Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 213.
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 Oxford, OUP, 1929 p 1219
↑ ‘STANFORD, Ven. Leonard John’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 4 May 2013

Church of England titles
Preceded by Richard Thomas Howard	Archdeacon of Coventry 1946–1965	Succeeded by Eric Ancrum Buchan

Archdeacons of Coventry

High Medieval	Richard Peche Edmund Nicholas Richard Brito (I) Richard de Leghes Robert de Bosco Richard of Gloucester Alexander of Hales Adam de Hoo Lawrence of St Martin William of Kilkenny John Kirkby Richard Brito (II) Robert Stafford Peter de Insula

Late Medieval	Gregory Giudice de Alatri Richard Riccardi de Urbe John Cardinal Gaetani de Urbe Humphrey de Hastanges Hugh de Marisco William de Sallowe William Cross Richard Boule William de Driffield John de Pipe Richard de Birmingham William Lombe Robert de Stretton Robert de Oxton John Heyworth Robert Esple Roger Wall Thomas Mills

Early modern	George Strangeways Ralph Colyngwood John Blythe Henry Comberford Thomas Lever William James William Hinton Samuel Brooke Ralph Brownrigg Francis Walsall John Riland George Downing Lancelot Addison Richard Davies William Wilson Thomas Smallbrook Norman Fotheringham

Late modern	William Vyse Charles Buckeridge William Spooner John Sandford Charles Holbech George Arbuthnot Claude Blagden Joseph Hunkin Richard Brook Richard Howard Leonard Stanford Eric Buchan Peter Bridges Alan Morgan Ian Russell Mark Bryant Ian Watson John Green (Acting; became Archdeacon Pastor)

Diocese of Coventry

Coventry Cathedral Coventry Blitz The Bishop's House, Coventry Cathedral and Diocesan Office, Coventry St Mary's Priory and Cathedral

Office holders	Christopher Cocksworth, Bishop of Coventry John Stroyan, Bishop suffragan of Warwick AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet John Witcombe, Dean of Coventry Morris Rodham, Archdeacon Missioner John Green, Archdeacon Pastor

Historic offices	Provost of Coventry (1931–2000; see Dean of Coventry) Archdeacon of Warwick (1918–2009; replaced by Archdeacon Missioner) Archdeacon of Coventry (12th century–2012; replaced by Archdeacon Pastor)

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