Oswin Gibbs-Smith
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Early life and education
Gibbs-Smith was born on 15 November 1901. He was educated at King's College School, Cambridge,[2] and then Westminster School, a public school within the precincts of Westminster Abbey, London. He studied at King's College, Cambridge and at Clare College, Cambridge. He trained for Holy Orders at Cuddesdon College, an Anglo-Catholic theological college.[3]
Ordained ministry
Gibbs-Smith was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1924 and as a priest in 1925.[3] He then spent a short spell as an Assistant Master at Harrow School.[3] He began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Margaret's Church, Ilkley. Following this he was Vicar of John Keble Church, Mill Hill,[4] and Rector of Christ Church, Marylebone, from 1941 to 1948.[5][6] He was the Archdeacon of London and a Canon Residentiary of St Paul's Cathedral between 1947 and 1961.[3] He served as Dean of Winchester from 1961 to 1969.[3]
Personal life
In 1949, Gibbs-Smith married Nora Gregg. Together they had two children: one son and one daughter.[3]
Honours
In 1953, Gibbs-Smith was made a Freeman of the City of London.[3] In the 1961 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the Bath (CBE).
References
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- ↑ “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 Template:ISBN
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- ↑ a b c d e f g 'GIBBS-SMITH, Very Rev. Oswin Harvard', 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 11 May 2017
- ↑ Church web-site
- ↑ CHRIST CHURCH, SAINT MARYLEBONE: COSWAY STREET, WESTMINSTER, lma.gov.uk, accessed 21 November 2020
- ↑ National Archives material
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External links
- Portraits of Oswin Harvard Gibbs-Smith at the National Portrait Gallery, LondonTemplate:EditAtWikidataTemplate:WikidataCheck
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