Rupert Gordon Strutt (known as Gordon; 15 January 1912 – 1 October 1985) was the Anglican

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from 1965 to 1984. Strutt was educated at the

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and

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in 1943 he embarked on a

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Carlton, Nottinghamshire Carlton is a town in the Borough of Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England. It is to the east of Nottingham. The population at the 2011 Census was 6,881. It was an urban district until 1974, whose wards (Carlton Hill, Carlton, Cavendish, Colwick, G ...

before wartime service as a

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. Livings in

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, Leicester and

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followed before a spell as

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and finally appointment to the

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in 1965. After 18 years he resigned

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, Wednesday, Sep 07, 1983; pg. 16; Issue 61631; col F ''Church news Resignation of the Bishop of Stockport'' to begin retirement in Canterbury but died only a year later on 1 October 1985.

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1912 births Archdeacons of Maidstone Bishops of Stockport 1985 deaths World War II chaplains Alumni of the London College of Divinity Alumni of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers 20th-century Church of England bishops {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub