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Deaths

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27 March 2020

HARPER. — On 16 March, the Revd Dr David Laurence Harper: Vicar of Brinsley with Underwood (1987-94); Rector of Bingham (1994-06); Area Dean of Bingham (2000-03); East Bingham (2003-07); aged 68.

LAMBERT. — On 9 March, the Revd Michael Roy Lambert: Arch­bishop of York’s Chaplain to the University of Hull (1959-64); As­­sistant Curate of Cottingham (1959-64); Vicar of Saltburn-by-the-Sea (1964-72); Curate-in-Charge of Holy Trinity, Shaftes­bury (1972-73); Rector of Shaston (1973-78); Corfe Mullen (1978-91); 94.

LIMBERT. — On 17 March, the Revd Kenneth Edward Limbert: NS Assistant Curate of St Edmund the King, Northwood Hills (1975-90); aged 94.

LUCAS. — On 9 December 2019, the Revd William Wallace Lucas: Vicar of St Michael and All Angels, Norton (1963-81); Rector of Brose­ley with Benthall (1981-93); Priest-in-Charge of Jackfield (1981-93); Linley with Willey and Barrow (1981-93); aged 90.

MYLES. — On 21 March, the Revd Peter Rodney Myles: Priest-in-Charge of St Peter’s, Kensington Park Road, Notting Hill (1979-82); St Mary Abbots with St George’s, Campden Hill (1982-92); Chaplain to the Bishop of Kensington (1982-87); Priest-in-Charge of St John’s, Isleworth (1992-2008); aged 77.

PAYNE. — On 24 February, the Revd Rosemary Ann Payne: Bishop’s NSM Officer of Buckinghamshire (2005-09); NS Associate Priest of Hedsor and Bourne End (2005-14); 73.

ROBERTSON. — On 11 March, the Revd Brian Ainsley Robertson: Team Vicar in the Oadby Team Min­­istry (1998-2002); Priest-in-Charge of Ashby-de-la-Zouch with Coleorton (2002-05); Breedon-on-the-Hill cum Isley Walton and Worthington (2003-05); Team Rector in the Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Breedon on the Hill Team Min­istry (2005-14); Rural Dean of North West Lei­ces­tershire (2007-11); aged 69.

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