Clement Mallory Ricketts (19 August 188528 February 1961) was the second

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from 1945 to 1955. Ricketts was the son of Richard Ernest Ricketts, sometime

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and his wife Mabel Rose Williams. He was educated at

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and

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. He was ordained priest on 2 July 1911, by

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, at

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; he became a

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at Sarum St Martin until 1912 when he became Chaplain of Bishop's College, Cheshunt. In 1914 he went to Ceylon, where he was

of All Angels

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until 1923. On his return he was Diocesan and Domestic Chaplain to his father-in-law

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. He became vicar of Holy Trinity, Weymouth in 1924 and was

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of Weymouth until 1927. From 1937 to 1945 he was

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and Missionary of

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. He became Bishop of Dunwich in June 1945 and during his nine years of

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he held the livings of Badingham and Dennington. He was consecrated a bishop on St James's Day 1945 (25 July), by

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, at

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. In retirement from 1955 to 1961, he lived at

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where he served as curate-in-charge.The Times, Obituaries March 1961 He died at the age of 81. Ricketts married Dorothy Frances Eden, daughter of Rodney Eden,

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and had two sons and a daughter. One of his sons,

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, played first-class cricket.

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