Mervyn Armstrong, OBE^[1] (1906 – 1984^[2]) was an eminent Anglican clergyman during the middle third of the 20th century.

Educated at Balliol College, Oxford,^[3] he was ordained in 1938. His first posts were as a Chaplain in the RNVR,^[4] after which he was Vicar of Margate. Appointed Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1949 he became Archdeacon of Stow and then Provost of Leicester Cathedral before appointment to the episcopate as Bishop of Jarrow in 1958. In 1964, he resigned that See to become an "advisor on industry" to Donald Coggan, Archbishop of York, and an Assistant Bishop of York;^[5] he retired in 1970.

References

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^ Obituary- Right Rev Mervyn Armstrong The Times Thursday, 4 October 1984; pg. 16; Issue 61953; col G
^ "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76. London: Oxford University Press, 1976. ISBN 0-19-200008-X
^ "Retrospect of 1964". Church Times. No. 5316. 1 January 1965. p. 16. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 4 September 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.

Church of England titles Preceded byArthur Ivan Greaves Archdeacon of Stow 1951 – 1954 Succeeded byLawrence Ashcroft Preceded byHerbert Arthur Jones Provost of Leicester Cathedral 1954 – 1958 Succeeded byRichard John Forrester Mayston Preceded byJohn Alexander Ramsbotham Bishop of Jarrow 1958 – 1965 Succeeded byAlexander Kenneth Hamilton

v t e Provosts and Deans of Leicester
Provosts	Frederick MacNutt Herbert Jones Mervyn Armstrong Richard Mayston John Hughes Alan Warren Derek Hole Vivienne Faull (became Dean)
Deans	Vivienne Faull (previously Provost) David Monteith Karen Rooms

v t e Bishops of Jarrow
George Nickson John Quirk Samuel Knight James Gordon Leslie Owen Colin Dunlop John Ramsbotham Mervyn Armstrong Alexander Hamilton Michael Ball Alan Smithson John Pritchard Mark Bryant Sarah Clark

v t e Archdeacons of Stow, of Lindsey and of Stow and Lindsey
High Medieval (Stow)	Hugh Osbert William son of Osbert Roger de Almaria Richard de Almaria Alexander William de Firsby William de Thornaco John of York Hugh de Sancto Edwardo William son of Fulk II William of Canterbury W. Gilbert Michael de Benington Simon de Barton Antony de Sauzthorp Durand of Lincoln Joceline Kirmington
Late Medieval (Stow)	William Ockham William Langwath Adam de Brome Richard Northwode Walter Stauren John Islip Simon Islip John Nassington John Longespey de Regenhill Thomas Ripplingham John Bekingham Henry Chaddesden Henry Motoun Thomas Chandos Thomas Aston Hugh Hanworth Thomas Brunce Stephen Wilton William Lyndwood William Scrope Peter Irford Lawrence Booth Edmund Booth William Witham John Collinson Thomas Downe Edmund Shireff John Blithe William Sheffield Robert Frost William Smith Edward Derby
Early modern (Stow)	Anthony Draycot Christopher Massingberd John Aylmer John Harrison John Aylmer (again) Roger Kelke Thomas Sparke John Fermery John Hills Alexander Chapman Nicholas Walker James Duport Stephen Luddington Byrom Eaton John Gery John Hutton Laurence Echard Squire Payne William Bassett John Towne Robert Wharton Cayley Illingworth Henry Bayley William Stonehouse
Late modern (Stow)	John Giles Edward Trollope (Bishop of Nottingham) George Perry John Bond George Jeudwine John Wakeford Ernest Blackie (Bishop of Grantham then of Grimsby) Arthur Greaves, Bishop of Grimsby Mervyn Armstrong Lawrence Ashcroft Michael Roy Sinker Sidney Harvie-Clark David Scott Roderick Wells (became Archdeacon of Stow and Lindsey)
of Lindsey	archdeaconry split from that of Stow Herbert Parry Nathaniel Railton Lisle Marsden Clifford Jarvis Bill Dudman Christopher Laurence merged back into Stow archdeaconry
of Stow and Lindsey	Roderick Wells (previously Archdeacon of Stow) Tim Ellis Jane Sinclair Mark Steadman Aly Buxton