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 One 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
Cyril Henry Golding-Bird
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