Ronald Irwin

Ronald John Beresford Irwin, DSO MC (1 August 1880 – 8 July 1930) was the first Archdeacon of Dorking, serving two years until his death aged 49.

Life and career

Born on 1 August 1880, Irwin was educated at Winchester College and Keble College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1905 and was a chaplain in India from 1909 to 1923 and a chaplain to the Forces during World War I achieving the DSO and MC (see above)[1][2] and Vicar of Lillington from 1922 to 1927.[3][4] By Order in Council,[5] a second Archdeaconry was added to the Diocese of Guildford on 17 August 1928 leading to a brief tenure in this new post as Irwin died on 8 July 1930 in the Brighton Registration District of the neighbouring county of Sussex aged 49.[6]

References

  1. ^ Great War Forum
  2. ^ Archdeacon Of Dorking - obituary by Major-General Sir George Kemball The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 12, 1930; pg. 14; Issue 45563
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p 669: Oxford, OUP, 1929
  4. ^ ‘IRWIN, Ven. Ronald John Beresford’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 30 Jan 2014
  5. ^ "No. 33413". The London Gazette. 17 August 1928. pp. 5503–5508.
  6. ^ Obituary The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 10, 1930; pg. 14; Issue 45561
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Inaugural appointment
 Archdeacon of Dorking
1928–1930 		Succeeded by