Anthony Chute (priest)

Anthony William Chute[1] (b Basingstoke 17 December 1884 - d Basingstoke 2 April 1958) was Archdeacon of Basingstoke from 1948 until his death.[2]

Turner was born at The Vyne and educated at Winchester; Magdalen College, Oxford; and Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was ordained in 1912.[3] He was at the Winchester College Mission in Portsmouth until 1916 when he became a Chaplain to the Forces.[4] In 1919 he became Vicar of St Oswald, West Hartlepool; and in 1925 Fellow and Dean of Divinity of his old Oxford college. He was Vicar of Highfield, Southampton[5] from 1929 to 1936; and then Basingstoke until his death.[6]

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  1. ^ Clement-Jones Family
  2. ^ The Ven. A. W. Chute The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 03, 1958; pg. 12; Issue 54116
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p233 London: Oxford University Press, 1929
  4. ^ London Gazette
  5. ^ Highfield History
  6. ^ ‘CHUTE, Ven. Anthony William’, 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 Oct 2017
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Basingstoke
1948 – 1958
Succeeded by