Folliott Sandford (priest)

The Ven Folliott George Sandford (26 April 1861 in Sheffield – 14 July 1945 in Tickhill[1][2]) was the inaugural Archdeacon of Doncaster.[3]

He was born into an ecclesiastical family[4] and educated at Sheffield Collegiate School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[5] He was ordained in 1884 and his first post was as a Curate at Sheffield Parish Church. In 1888 he married Rosamond Mary Blakelock[6] and also became Rector of Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York.[7] He became Vicar of St Andrew's Sharrow in 1893;[8] and Vicar and Rural Dean of Huddersfield in 1903. He was Chaplain to the 2nd Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment; from 1903 to 1905; Chaplain to the Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons from 1905 onwards He was Vicar of Doncaster from 1905 to[9] 1928; Rural Dean of Doncaster from 1910 to 1919; Prebendary of Dunnington[10] in York Minster from 1909 to 1914; Archdeacon of Doncaster from 1913 to 1941 and Chaplain to the Corporation of Doncaster during the same period; and an Honorary Canon of Sheffield Cathedral from 1914.