Andrew Binny Ritchie (born
Edinburgh
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, 1880; died
Wonersh
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, 1956) was an
Anglican
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priest
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, most notably
Archdeacon of Surrey
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History
The whole archdeaconry was historically in the ...
from 1949 to 1955.
Ritchie was educated at
Edinburgh Academy
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, followed by
Durham University
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(
Hatfield College
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) and
Wells Theological College
Wells Theological College began operation in 1840 within the Cathedral Close of Wells Cathedral. It was one of several new colleges created in the nineteenth century to cater not just for non-graduates, but for graduates from the old universiti ...
.
Ritchie was
ordained
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priest in 1905, having been made a deacon in 1904. He was
curate
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at
Stratford Bow (19041910) and at
Eaton Square
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(19101914).
He was
vicar
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of St Frideswide,
Poplar from 1914 to 1918;
Rector of
All Saints', Poplar and
Rural Dean
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of Poplar from 1918 to 1920.
[
He later served as rector of Sudborough from 1920 to 1922; rector of St Mary ]Chester
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from 1922 to 1925; vicar of St John, Margate
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from 1925 to 1931; vicar of Kennington
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from 1931 to 1934;[ ]Vicar
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of St Mary, Dover
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from 1939 to 1941. His final parish post was rector of Haslemere
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from 1941 to 1949.[
He was appointed archdeacon of Surrey in February 1949, succeeding Cyril Golding-Bird, who had held the post while also serving as assistant bishop of Guildford. Ritchie resigned for health reasons in August 1955.
He died at Parkside, Wonersh, on 20 January 1956. His funeral took place on 25 January at ]Holy Trinity Church, Guildford
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, then the pro-cathedral
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of the Diocese of Guildford
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, and was followed by a cremation service at Woking.
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1956 deaths
1880 births
Clergy from Edinburgh
Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham
Alumni of Wells Theological College
Archdeacons of Surrey
People educated at Edinburgh Academy