Ronald SutchRonald Huntley Sutch (5 March 1890 – 22 February 1975)[1] was Archdeacon of Cheltenham[2] from 1951 to 1965.[3] Sutch was educated at Batley Grammar School and Merton College, Oxford and ordained as a priest in 1915.[4] After a curacy at Christ Church, Glasgow he was Rector of St Mungo, Alexandria[5] until 1917[4] when he became a Chaplain to the British Armed Forces. After World War I, he resigned his commission[6] and became Vicar of Ravensthorpe. Following further incumbencies in Slimbridge[7] and Cheltenham he became Rural Dean of Cirencester in 1941, a post he held until his appointment as Archdeacon in 1951.[4] Sutch married Elizabeth Lang Jones in 1916; they had two sons. He died on 22 February 1975. His grandson, David Sutch was installed as the Archdeacon of Gibraltar in July 2008.[8] References
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