CHESTERMAN. — On 4 March, the Revd George Anthony Chesterman: Assistant Curate of St Thomas the Apostle, Derby (1968-70); Rector of Mugginton (1970-89); Kedleston (1970-89); Derby Diocesan Adult Education Officer (1970-79); Vice-Principal of the East Midlands Ministry Training Scheme (1979-86); Residentiary Canon of Derby Cathedral (1989-2003); Derby Diocesan Clergy In-Service Training Adviser (1989-2003); Chaplain to the Queen (1998-2008); aged 86.
COOGAN. — On 25 February, the Ven. Robert Arthur William Coogan: Rector of Bothwell, Tasmania (1956-62); Vicar of North Woolwich (1962-73); Curate-in-Charge of St Barnabas’s, Silvertown, Victoria Docks (1962-73); Vicar of St Stephen’s, Hampstead (1973-77); Priest-in-Charge of All Hallows’. Gospel Oak, St Pancras (1974-77); Rural Dean of Camden South (1975-81); Priest-in-Charge of Old St Pancras with St Matthew’s, Oakley Square (1976-80); St Martin with St Andrew, Kentish Town (1978-81); Vicar of St Stephen with All Hallows’, Hampstead (1977-85); Rural Dean of Camden North (1978-83); Prebendary of St Paul’s Cathedral (1982-85); Archdeacon of Hampstead (1985-94); aged 95.
COURTNEY. — On 5 February, the Revd Martin Horace Courtney, OLM of Flackwell Heath (1998-2025); aged 90.
GRIME. — On 25 February, the Revd William John Peter Grime: Chaplain of St Martin’s College, Lancaster (1974-77); Vicar of Seascale (1977-78); Drigg (1977-78); Seascale with Drigg (1978-2005); aged 86.
HOLDER. — On 6 March, the Revd John William Holder: Priest-in-Charge of Holy Cross, Avening, with Cherington (1991-95); Vicar of Cinderford (1995-2005); Priest-in-Charge of Lydbrook (1999-2003); Hon. Canon of Gloucester Cathedral (2003-13); Hon. Priest-in-Charge of Coberley, Cowley, Colesbourne and Elkstone (2005-13); aged 83.
JOHNSTON. — On 9 March, the Ven. Geoffrey Stanley Johnston: Assistant Curate of Blakenall Heath (1973-75); St Stephen’s, Willenhall (1975-76); All Saints’, West Bromwich (1976-77); Lecturer of West Bromwich College of Commerce and Technology (1978-82); Industrial Chaplain in Worcester diocese (1982-94); Team Vicar in the Halesowen Team Ministry (1982-94); NSM of St Francis’s, Dudley (1994-99); Priest-in-Charge (1999-2008); St Edmund’s, Dudley (2004-08); Priest-in-Charge in Nerja and Almuñécar, Spain (2008-14); Acting Archdeacon of Gibraltar (2014-19); aged 80.
MURRAY. — On 2 March, the Revd Gordon John Murray: Perpetual Curate of St Mary’s Proprietary Chapel, Reading (1965-68); Editor of the English Churchman (1965-71); Principal of Kensit College, Finchley (1968-75); Assistant Master and Head of RE of Sandown High School (1976-78); aged 91.