Richard Vernon Higgins Burne FSA (19 March 1882 – 9 March 1970) was Archdeacon of Chester from 1937 to 1965.[1]

Burne was educated at Malvern College, Keble College, Oxford and Ripon College Cuddesdon. After a curacy in Slough he became chaplain to the Charles Ferguson-Davie, the Bishop of Singapore, in 1913.[2] During World War I he was a chaplain to the British Armed Forces. After the war he was a tutor at the Ordination Test School, Knutsford; and then its principal from 1923 until his archdeacon’s appointment.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Burne, Ven. Richard Vernon Higgins", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 10 Oct 2012.
  2. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, London OUP, 1948.
  3. ^ "New Archdeacon of Chester", The Times (London, England), 29 September 1937, p. 15.
Church of England titles Preceded byNorman Henry Tubbs Archdeacon of Chester 1937–1965 Succeeded byLeslie Gravatt Fisher


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