Arthur Henry Ballard (9 March 1912 – 2 February 1984) was an Anglican priest in the last third of the 20th century.[1]
He was educated at St John's College, Durham and ordained in 1939.[2] After a curacy in Walthamstow he held incumbencies in Broughton and Stand.[3] He was Rural Dean of Prestwich from 1952 to 1967; Archdeacon of Rochdale from 1966[4] to 1972; and then of Manchester from then until 1980.[5]
His son, Andrew Edgar Ballard, was also Archdeacon of Rochdale, from 2005 to 2009.[6]
References edit
- ^ ‘BALLARD, Ven. Arthur Henry’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 25 June 2013
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1948
- ^ ”All Saints', Stand:A Short History of Church and Parish” Ballard,AH: Stand, A.Ballard, 1951
- ^ New Archdeacon Of Rochdale. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jul 27, 1966; pg. 12; Issue 56694
- ^ National Archives
- ^ ‘BALLARD, Ven. Andrew Edgar’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 25 June 2013