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Herbert Chaplain Raison (13 November 1889, in
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– 29 September 1952, in
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) was an
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in the twentieth century. Raison was educated at
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and
Ely Theological College Ely Theological College was a college in Ely, Cambridgeshire, for training clergy in the Church of England. Founded in 1876 by James Woodford, Anglican Bishop of Ely, the college had a strong Anglo-Catholic tradition. Ely's "ritualistic" ( ...
. He was
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to Rugby Parish Church in 1913; and
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ed in 1914. He served a further curacy at St George,
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before becoming
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of
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in 1917. He was
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and
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of Warminster Theological College from 1919 to 1922; and
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of Queen's College, Birmingham from 1923 toLetter to
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'The Lack Of Clergy' RAISON, HERBERT C. July 13, 1925, Issue 44012, p.10.
1934. He was
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of St Luke,
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from 1934 to 1936 and then Rector of Rector of St Peter,
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until his death.


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1889 births 1952 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Alumni of Ely Theological College Principals of Queen's College, Birmingham Clergy from Dorset 20th-century English Anglican priests {{ChurchofEngland-clergy-stub