Basil Stratton

The Ven. Basil Stratton (7 April 1906 - 9 May 2000)^[1] was Archdeacon of Lichfield and Canon Treasurer of Lichfield Cathedral from 1959 to 1974.^[2]

Ninis was educated at Lincoln School and Durham University. He was ordained deacon in 1930; and priest in 1931.^[3] After a curacy at St Stephen, Grimsby he was an SPG Missionary in India from 1932 to 1934;^[4]and with the Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment from 1935 to 1941.^[5] He was a Chaplain to the British Armed Forces from 1941 to 1947. In 1948 he became Vicar of Figheldean; and in 1953 of Market Drayton. he was also an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen from 1965 to 1976.^[6]

Notes

↑ His wife Fay died aged 98 in 2005 > Deaths. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, August 02, 2005; pg. 44; Issue 68455.
↑ Lives in Brief. The Times (London, England), Monday, June 26, 2000
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
↑ ‘STRATTON, Ven. Basil’, 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 7 May 2016
↑ Telegraph obituary
↑ London Gazette

Archdeacons of Stafford and of Lichfield

High Medieval (Stafford)	Robert William Helias Ralph de Thamewood Alan Henry Marshal Alexander Henry de Loundres Helyas Robert of Gloucester William of York R. de Langdon Robert of Stafford Richard de Mepham Thomas de Cantilupe Adam Paine Rayner de Vichio/Florence

Late Medieval (Stafford)	John de Brunforte Robert de Patrika John Clarel William de Apeltre Roger de Depyng Richard de Birmingham Roger de Dorkyng John de Marisco William de Grenburgh John de Sulgrave John de Outheby Richard de Toppeclyve Henry Davyd John Fyton Thomas Barton John Fyton (again) William de Admondeston Ralph Prestbury Roger Wall John Wendesley Thomas Hawkins William Moggys William Duffield Edward Willughby John Wardroper Adam Grafton Geoffrey Blythe John Blythe Nicholas Heath John Redman

Early modern (Stafford)	John Dakyn Richard Walker Thomas Bickley Humphrey Tyndall John Fulnetby Martin Tinley Francis Coke Nathaniel Ellison Thomas Allen James Brooks Edmund Law John Carver William Brereton Robert Nares George Hodson Henry Moore

Late modern (Stafford)	John Iles Melville Scott Robert Hodgson Charles Blakeway Hugh Bright Robert Hodson William Parker Basil Stratton Richard Ninis (became Archdeacon of Lichfield)

Lichfield	Richard Ninis (previously Archdeacon of Stafford) George Frost Chris Liley Simon Baker

Diocese of Lichfield

Lichfield Cathedral Bishop's House, Lichfield St Mary's House, Lichfield Area scheme (1992–present)

Office holders	Michael Ipgrave, Bishop of Lichfield Clive Gregory, acting Bishop of Lichfield and area Bishop of Wolverhampton Mark Rylands, area Bishop of Shrewsbury Geoff Annas, area Bishop of Stafford AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Adrian Dorber, Dean of Lichfield Paul Thomas, Archdeacon of Salop Simon Baker, Archdeacon of Lichfield Matthew Parker, Archdeacon of Stoke Sue Weller, Archdeacon of Walsall

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Chester (12th century – 1541; erected into Chester diocese) Archdeacon of Derby (12th century – 1884; moved to Southwell then erected into Derby diocese) Archdeacon of Stafford (13th century – 1980; renamed to Lichfield archdeaconry)

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