Name George Snow | ||
Rev George D’Oyly Snow (1903 – 1977) was a career schoolmaster who later served for a decade as the fifth Bishop of Whitby.
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Education
Snow was educated at Winchester College and Oriel College, Oxford.
Life and career
Snow became an assistant master at Eton College (towards the end of which time he was ordained). After Eton he became Chaplain of Charterhouse School, and then Headmaster of Ardingly College (1947–1961).
He was appointed Prebendary of Chichester Cathedral in 1959 before elevation to the Episcopate two years later. A tall man estimated by his son Jon to have stood at 6 foot 7 inches and a prolific author he continued in retirement to chair The National Society. He was the son of First World War General Sir Thomas D'Oyly Snow. In 1942 he married Joan Way, a pianist who had studied at the Royal College of Music and they had three sons including the Channel 4 newscaster Jon Snow. George Snow was also the uncle of television presenter Peter Snow, and great-uncle of television presenter Dan Snow.