The Ven. Aubrey Victor George Cleall (9 December 1898 – 6 May 1982) was an English Anglican clergyman who was Archdeacon of Colchester from 1959 to 1969.[1]

CLeall was born in Chandler's Ford, Hampshire, to music teacher George Cleall and Cecelia Cawdell.[2] He was educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge, and ordained in 1925. After a curacy in his home town[3] he was Vicar of Waltham Abbey from 1929 until his appointment as archdeacon.[4]

He died in Eastbourne, Sussex, aged 83.[5] There is a memorial to him in South Perrott parish church.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Cleall, Ven. Aubrey Victor George", 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 21 Nov 2013
  2. ^ 1911 England Census
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  4. ^ Waltham Abbey: A Brief Description of the Abbey and Parish Church of the Holy Cross and Saint Lawrence (1958) Cleal, A.V.G: Essex, Waltham Forest Parish Church
  5. ^ "Deaths." The Times (London, England), Saturday, May 08, 1982; pg. 22; Issue 61228
  6. ^ National Archives
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Colchester
1959–1969
Succeeded by