Edward Taylor (31 October 1921 – 24 October 1982) was

Archdeacon of Warwick The Archdeacon of Warwick (now called Archdeacon Missioner) is the senior ecclesiastical officer in charge of the archdeaconry of Warwick in the Diocese of Coventry. The Archdeaconry of Warwick has five Deaneries which centre on Warwick and Leami ...

from 1974 until his death.

Education

Taylor was educated at

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...

and St Boniface College, Warminster. Career

Army Service

During World War Two

Taylor joined the

British Army The British Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of the United Kingdom. the British Army comprises 73,847 regular full-time personnel, 4,127 Brigade of Gurkhas, Gurkhas, 25,742 Army Reserve (United Kingdom), volunteer reserve perso ...

in 1940. He was an

officer An officer is a person who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization. The term derives from Old French ''oficier'' "officer, official" (early 14c., Modern French ''officier''), from Medieval Latin ''officiarius'' "an officer," fro ...

in the

14th Punjab Regiment The 14th Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. It was transferred to the Pakistan Army on Partition of India, independence in 1947, and amalgamated with the 1st Punjab Regiment, 1st, 15th Punjab Regiment, 15 ...

from 1942 to 1945.

After World War Two

In 1946 he was appointed an honorary

Captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police depa ...

in the

Duke of Wellington's Regiment The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, forming part of the King's Division. In 1702, Colonel George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, was authorised to raise a new regiment, which he di ...

Ecclesiastical career

Early career

Taylor was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...

Deacon A deacon is a member of the diaconate, an office in Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. Major Christian denominations, such as the Cathol ...

in 1949, and Priest in 1950. After a

curacy A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' () of souls of a parish. In this sense, ''curate'' means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy who are ass ...

in Diss he was

Vicar A vicar (; Latin: '' vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English p ...

of St Paul,

Stockingford Stockingford is a suburb of the town of Nuneaton, in the county of Warwickshire, England, about west of Nuneaton town centre. Stockingford first appeared in records in 1157, named ''Stoccingford'', derived from the Old English ''Stocc''; to r ...

from 1951 to 1957 then St Nicholas,

Radford, Coventry Radford is a suburb and Ward (country subdivision), electoral ward of Coventry, located approximately 1.5 miles north of Coventry city centre. It is covered by the Coventry North West (UK Parliament constituency), Coventry North West constituenc ...

from 1957 to 1964.

Later posts

He was Rector of Spernall with Morton Bagot and Oldberrow from 1965 to 1974;

Priest in charge A priest in charge or priest-in-charge (previously also curate-in-charge) in the Church of England is a priest in charge of a parish who is not its incumbent; they will normally work on a short-term contract and have less freedom to act within the ...

of Coughton with Sambourne from 1965 to 1974 (

, 1970 to 1974. In 1975 he became

Sherbourne, Warwickshire Sherbourne is a village and civil parish in the Warwick district of Warwickshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 174. Geography and administration Sherbourne is 3 miles south of the county town Warwick and ...

, and lived at The Archdeacon's House there until his death.‘TAYLOR, Ven. Edward’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 201
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References

1921 births 1982 deaths Alumni of King's College London Duke of Wellington's Regiment officers 20th-century English Anglican priests Archdeacons of Warwick Punjab Regiment officers Alumni of St Boniface Missionary College, Warminster Indian Army personnel of World War II British Army personnel of World War II British Army soldiers {{Canterbury-archdeacon-20C-stub