Stephen Jack Marriott (8 November 1886 – 25 December 1964) was an

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who was Archdeacon of Westminster from 1946 to 1951. Donaldson was educated at

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and

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in 1913. He served curacies in

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, Rye Park and

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. He was a temporary Naval Chaplain and RAF from 1917 to 1918. He served incumbencies at

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and

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. In 1937 he became a

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20th-century English Anglican priests 1886 births Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge 1964 deaths Archdeacons of Westminster {{Canterbury-archdeacon-19C-stub