Lancelot Rupert Shilton AM (30 December 192112 March 1998)the birdtree.co.uk
Retrieved 27 February 2014 was an Australian Anglican cleric. He became the 8th

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on 30 November 1973, remaining in office until 1988. Shilton was born in late 1921 in

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, a suburb of

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. He was educated at the

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and

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in 1950. His first post was as a

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in Hawthorn. Then he was the

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at Carlton from 1951 to 1954. After this he was at the

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for two years completing a

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degree. From 1957 to 1973, he was the rector of Holy Trinity, Adelaide. In 1985, he was appointed a

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(AM). He died on 12 March 1998.Memorial Service
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University of Melbourne alumni Alumni of the University of London Deans of Sydney 1921 births 1998 deaths Members of the Order of Australia Clergy from Melbourne People from Elsternwick, Victoria {{ Australia-reli-bio-stub