Ronald George Herniman (17 August 1905 – 22 January 1998) was

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from 1970 to 1988. He was educated at

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. He served in the RAF during

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in 1953, he began his career with a

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. After this he was Director of Philosophical Studies at Oak Hill Theological College from 1955 to 1961. He was the Rector of the Exe Valley Group of Churches from then until 1972; and after that of Shirwell with Loxhore. His widow, Grace, died in 2010.Exe Valley Parish Magazine – August 2010
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1905 births Alumni of Birkbeck, University of London Royal Air Force personnel of World War II Archdeacons of Barnstaple 1998 deaths {{Canterbury-archdeacon-20C-stub