Stretton Reeve

(Arthur) Stretton Reeve (11 June 1907 – 27 January 1981[1]) was Bishop of Lichfield from 1953[2] until 1 December 1974.[3]

Born into an ecclesiastical family, son of the Rev. Arthur Reeve and his wife Violet Inez[4] he was educated at Brighton College and Selwyn College, Cambridge. He rowed for the winning Cambridge eight in the 1930 Boat Race. His first post after ordination was as a curate in Putney (1930-32) after which he was Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Winchester (1932-36) and then Vicar of Highfield, Hampshire (1936-43).[5] From 1943 he was Vicar and Rural Dean of Leeds[6] Honorary Canon of Ripon Cathedral (1947-53) before elevation to the episcopate.[7] He also served as Chaplain to King George VI from 1945 to 1952 and to Queen Elizabeth II 1952 to 1953.[8]

He married in 1936 Flora Montgomery (nee McNeill), by whom he had a son and two daughters. After retirement from the episcopacy he lived at Huntington Green, Ashford Carbonell, Shropshire.[8]

Notes
  1. "Obituary- The Right Rev A. S. Reeve Former Bishop of Lichfield". The Times. No. 60838. 29 January 1981. p. 17; col G.
  2. "Two New Bishops Nominated Birmingham And Lichfield". The Times. No. 52652. 19 June 1953. p. 8; col D.
  3. "New Bishop of Lichfield appointed". Church Times. No. 5827. 18 October 1974. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 27 August 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  4. {{“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  5. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  6. Leodis
  7. National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  8. Who's Who, 1976. A and C Black, London. p. 1981.
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