Brian Smith (born 15 July 1944) is a retired

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priest. He was the

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in the

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from 2005 to 2011. Smith was educated at

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and

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in 1975 after an earlier career in commerce and industry. He was a

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at St Thomas'

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after which he was an RAF

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from 1977 to 1995. He was

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of St John's Keswick from 1995 until his appointment as

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of Man in 2005. He retired in 2011.

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