Louis Warden Crooks, OBE[1] (1912–1989) was Archdeacon of Raphoe in the Province of Armagh in the Church of Irelandfrom 1957 until 1980.

Crooks father was also called an Anglican[2] clergyman[3] called Louis Warden Crooks.[4] Crooks was educated at Campbell College[5] and Trinity College, Dublin; and ordained in 1937.[6] After a curacy at Templemore he was a chaplain to the Forces from 1939 to 1946. He was rector of Conwall from 1946 to 1980; and also chaplain to the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

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  1. ^ London Gazette
  2. ^ "Descendancy: Irish Protestant histories since 1795: Fitzpatrick,D p98: Cambridge, CUP, 2014 ISBN 978-1-107-08093-5
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p337: London, Horace Cox, 1908
  4. ^ Lennon Wylie
  5. ^ newtownards.info
  6. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980–82 p236: Oxford, OUP, 1983 ISBN 0-19-200010-1