Martin Kaye

Kaye was born in 1919, the son of Dr Henry Wynyard Kaye and his wife Amy (née Wigram).[1] Amy Kaye was the sister of Army officers Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram and Sir Kenneth Wigram.[2] As a child, Kaye lived at Kilderry, Hatfield Peverel, Essex.[3] His father died before his third birthday. Kaye was educated at Winchester College and Christ Church, Oxford.[1]

Kaye trained for ordination at Cuddesdon, and was ordained deacon in 1948 and priest in 1949.[4] He served his title at Grangetown (1948–51).[4] He then returned to Cuddesdon, where he was Tutor (1951–53) and Chaplain (1953–56).[5] After that he was Domestic Chaplain to the Archbishop of York (1956–60) (at the time, Michael Ramsay, subsequently Archbishop of Canterbury).[5] He was then Assistant Secretary to the Central Advisory Council of Training for the Ministry (1961–67), after which he was Canon-residentiary at Norwich Cathedral (1967–72).[4] He was then collated as Archdeacon of Craven in the Diocese of Bradford; he died in office in 1977.[5] At the time of his death he was Canon-designate of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.[5]

Kaye died in 1977, aged 58. He was unmarried.[1]