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Church
  
Church of England

Name
  
Chandos Morgan

Predecessor
  
Ambrose Weekes

Education
  
Stowe School

Successor
  
Basil O'Ferrall


In office
  
1972 to 1975

Died
  
January 1, 1993

Ordination
  
1944

Birth name
  
Chandos Clifford Hastings Mansel Morgan

Other posts
  
Chaplain of the Fleet

Alma mater
  
Jesus College, Cambridge

Chandos Clifford Hastings Mansel Morgan, CB (12 August 1920 – 1 January 1993) was a Church of England priest and military chaplain. He was Chaplain of the Fleet and Archdeacon of the Royal Navy from 1972 to 1975.

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Early life

Morgan was born on 12 August 1920. He was educated at Stowe School, then an all-boys independent school in Stowe, Buckinghamshire. He studied at Jesus College, Cambridge.

Ordained ministry

Morgan was ordained in 1944. After a curacy at Holy Trinity, Tunbridge Wells he became a Naval Chaplain and served on (amongst others) HMS Pembroke, HMS Theseus, HMS Caledonia, HMS Ark Royal and HMS Collingwood before becoming head of the service as Chaplain of the Fleet.

On his retirement from the Royal Navy he was appointed chaplain of Dean Close School, Cheltenham, and subsequently Rector of St Margaret Lothbury by the Simeon Trust.

He died on 1 January 1993.

References

Chandos Morgan Wikipedia