Richard Mayston

The Very Reverend
Richard John Forrester Mayston
CBE, MA
Provost of Leicester Cathedral
In office
1958–1963

The Very Rev Richard John Forrester Mayston was an eminent Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century.[1]

He was born in Dublin on 23 January 1907, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1931.[2] He began his career with a curacy in Holywood. Commissioned into the Royal Army Chaplains' Department, he served until 1958.[3] He then became Provost of Leicester Cathedral, a post he held until his death on 13 May 1963.[4]

Notes

  1. The Mayston Chair
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947
  3. “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  4. The Times, Tuesday, 14 May 1963; pg. 17; Issue 55700; col B Very Rev. R. J. F. Mayston Provost Of Leicester
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Mervyn Armstrong
Provost of Leicester Cathedral
1958 1963
Succeeded by
John Chester Hughes
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