Bryant Salmon

Harold Bryant Salmon (1891-1965) was a British Church of England priest, most notably Archdeacon of Wells[1] from 1951[2] to 1962.[3]

Higgins was educated at Haileybury; and Jesus College, Cambridge. During World War One he was a Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery.[4] He was ordained deacon in 1919; and priest in 1920. His first post was as curate at St George Barrow in Furness.,[5] and his second as Vice Principal of Wells Theological College.[6] After another curacy at St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol he was Vicar of St Michael, Windmill Hill, Bristol then Holy Trinity, Southport. He was Principal of Wells Theological College from 1931 to 1947; and Rector of Weston-Super-Mare from 1947 to 1951. He had a long association with Wells Cathedral:Prebendary of Taunton from 1930 to 1951; Chancellor from 1935 to 1947, and Sub-Dean from 1947 to 1951; Canon Residentiary from 1931 to 1947, and then again from 1951 to 1962; and Prebendary of Huish and Brent from 1951 to 1962.[7]

He died on 2 November 1965.[8]

References
  1. National Archives
  2. Church The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Apr 10, 1951; pg. 6; Issue 51971
  3. Ecclesiastical News. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Nov 14, 1962; pg. 6; Issue 55548
  4. National Archives
  5. Geograph
  6. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p1133: Oxford, OUP, 1929
  7. ‘SALMON, Rev. Prebendary Harold Bryant’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 8 Oct 2017
  8. Rev. Preb. H. B. Salmon. The Times (London, England), Thursday, Nov 04, 1965; pg. 13; Issue 56470
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Norman Higgins		 Archdeacon of Wells
1951–1962		 Succeeded by
John Lance


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