Mervyn Banting

Kenneth Mervyn Lancelot Hadfield Banting (known as Mervyn; born 8 September 1937) is a former Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight.

Banting was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge and Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was ordained in 1966 and began his career as Chaplain at Winchester College after which he was Assistant Curate at St Francis, Leigh Park. He then held incumbencies in Hemel Hempstead, Bedford and Portsmouth before his island appointment.