Alan Christopher Warren (27 June 1932 – 22 December 2020) was an

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and

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, in the second half of the 20th century. He was educated at

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and

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Corpus Christi College (full name: "The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary", often shortened to "Corpus") is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. From the late 14th c ...

. He trained for ordination at

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and was

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deacon in 1957 and priest in 1958. During his time at Cambridge he was a choral scholar and was a violinist and violist in the

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and then in the Plymouth and Leicester Symphony orchestras. He later conducted several choirs and composed choral and chamber music. He was an M.C.C. cricketer and in 1968 he had brief appearances for the Leicestershire 2nd XI cricket club in the Second XI Championship, and played for Hunstanton and Leicestershire Golf Clubs. He began his career with curacies at St Paul's,

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and

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. After this he was

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of Kelly College, Tavistock then

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of Holy Apostles,

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. From 1972 to 1978 he was a Canon of

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and Coventry Diocesan Missioner when he became

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, a post he held for 14 years, serving also on the General Synod of the Church of England and on the Cathedral Statutes Commission. In 1991 he succeeded the former England cricketer

Trevor Bailey Trevor Edward Bailey (3 December 1923 – 10 February 2011) was an England Test cricketer, cricket writer and broadcaster. An all-rounder, Bailey was known for his skilful but unspectacular batting. As the BBC reflected in his obituary: "His ...

as President of the Alleyn Club. After his retirement to West Norfolk in 1992 he preached widely and founded the Brancaster Music Festival in 2000. He died in 2020, aged 88.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Warren, Alan People educated at Dulwich College Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Provosts and Deans of Leicester 1932 births 2020 deaths