John Parker Pelloe (31 May 1905 – 23 March 1983) was Archdeacon of Wisbech from 1953[1] to 1964; and an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen from 1964 to 1975.[2]


Pelloe was educated at Charterhouse and The Queen's College, Oxford and was in business from 1922 to 1932. He was ordained in 1936; and served curacies in Sunderland and Kensington. After this he was Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Ely from 1942 to 1946.[3] He was Vicar of Wisbech from 1946 to 1960, and its Rural Dean from 1946 to 1953. He was Vicar of Stuntney from 1960 to 1968. He was made an Honorary canon of Ely Cathedral in 1952.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Ecclesiastical News The Times (London, England), Saturday, May 02, 1953; pg. 8; Issue 52611
  2. ^ The Ven. J. P. Pelloe The Times (London, England), Thursday, Sep 17, 1964; pg. 14; Issue 56119
  3. ^ ‘PELLOE, Rev. Canon John Parker’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 10 March 2014
  4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
Church of England titles Preceded bySeiriol John Arthur Evans Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech 1945–1953 Succeeded byBenjamin George Burton Fox


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