Peter Jerome Marshall (1940 – 20 June 2020) was an

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. He was born in 1940 in

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, the son of the Rev

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(subsequently Bishop in Venezuela) and Dorothy Whiting. Marshall was educated at St. John's School, Leatherhead,

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and

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, following which he was

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deacon in 1963 and priest in 1964. His first posts were curacies at

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and Woodford. After this he was the

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then deputy director of training for the

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and a

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at its

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. From 1985 to 1997 he was director of training and a canon residentiary for the

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. He was then appointed to the post of

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which he held until his retirement in 2006. Marshall married Nancy Elliott in 1965, and they had three children. In retirement, they lived in Canada.

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1940 births 2020 deaths People educated at St John's School, Leatherhead McGill University alumni Deans of Worcester Clergy from Buenos Aires {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub