Richard Mayston

The Very Rev Richard John Forrester Mayston was an eminent Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century.

He was born in Dublin on 23 January 1907, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1931. He began his career with a curacy in Holywood. Commissioned into the Royal Army Chaplains' Department, he served until 1958. He then became Provost of Leicester Cathedral, a post he held until his death on 13 May 1963.