Roy Beynon

The Ven James Royston (Roy) Beynon (16 September 1907 – 2 December 1991) was an English Anglican priest.[1]

He was educated at St Augustine's College, Canterbury and ordained in 1933. His early posts were in the North West Frontier: he served in Peshawar, Quetta and as Archdeacon of Lahore from 1947 to 1948. He was Vicar of Twyford from 1948 to 1973; Rural Dean of Winchester from1958 to 1962; and Archdeacon of Winchester from 1962[2] to 1973.[3]

He married Mildred née Fromings in 1933 : they had four daughters. They retired to London, Ontario.[4] She pre-deceased him in 1986.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ ‘BEYNON, Ven. James Royston’, 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 7 April 2014
  2. ↑ Ecclesiastical News. The Times (London, England), Thursday, Aug 02, 1962; pg. 12; Issue 55459
  3. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 p83 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  4. ↑ Canadian Genealogical Project
  5. ↑ Births, Marriages, Deaths and In Memoriam The Times (London, England), Monday, May 12, 1986; pg. 14; Issue 62454
Church of England titles
Preceded by
George Laurence		 Archdeacon of Lahore
1947–1948		 Succeeded by
Laurence Henry Woolmer
Preceded by
Leslie Hamilton Lang		 Archdeacon of Winchester
1962–1973		 Succeeded by
Edward David Cartwright



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