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James Darling (priest)

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James George Reginald Darling (31 October 1867 – 24 July 1938) was Archdeacon of Suffolk from 1919

He was the third son and youngest of the seven children of James George Darling (18 October 1825 – 5 May 1891), Rector of Eyke, and his second wife Mary Emily née Johnson, married at Trinity Church, Chester, on 2 December 1854; James's first wife was Louisa Susanna Molyneux who died on 17 August 1853, without issue. Young James was baptised at Eyke on 16 February 1868 and was educated at Haileybury and Jesus College, Cambridge

Ordained in 1891, Darling's first post was as curate at Twyford, Hampshire; during which time he was also a master at the local prep school. On 16 December 1893, on the presentation of his mother, was instituted to the Rectory of Eyke. He was on the East Suffolk Education Committee from 1903; Rural Dean of Wilford from 1912; a County Councillor from 1913; and a County Alderman from 1921.

References

  1. The Ven. J. G. R. Darling. The Times (London, England), Friday, 29 July 1938; pg. 16; Issue 48059.
  2. Venn, John & Venn, John Archibald. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, Cambridge University Press Part II vol. ii p226
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929–30 p311:London, OUP, 1929
  4. 'DARLING, Ven. James George Reginald', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 15 Jan 2017
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Preceded byWilliam Everingham Archdeacon of Suffolk
1919–1938
Succeeded byThomas Wonnacott
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