Andrew Ritchie (priest)

Andrew Binny Ritchie (born Edinburgh, 1880; died Wonersh, 1956) was an Anglican priest, most notably Archdeacon of Surrey from 1949[1] to 1955.[2]

Ritchie was educated at Edinburgh Academy, followed by Durham University (Hatfield College)[3] and Wells Theological College. Binny was ordained in 1904.[4] He served London curacies at Stratford Bow and Eaton Square. He was Vicar of St Frideswide, Poplar[5] from to 1918; Rector and Rural Dean of Poplar from 1918 to 1920; Rector of Sudborough; , Rector of St Mary Chester from 1922 to 1925; Vicar of S John, Margate from 1925 to 1931; Vicar of Kennington from 1931 to 1934; Vicar of Cranbrook from 1934 to 1939; Vicar of S Mary, Dover from 1939 to 1941; and Rector of Haslemere from 1941 to 1949.[6]

He died on 20 January 1956.[7]

References
  1. Ecclesiastical News. The Times (London, England), Friday, Feb 11, 1949; pg. 7; Issue 51303
  2. Ecclesiastical News. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Sep 21, 1955; pg. 10; Issue 53331.
  3. "Durham University Calendar 1903-4". reed.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p1211 London: Oxford University Press, 1929
  5. National Archives
  6. ‘RITCHIE, Ven. Andrew Binny’, 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 14 Feb 2017
  7. Ven. A. B. Ritchie The Times (London, England), Friday, Feb 03, 1956; pg. 11; Issue 53445

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