Richard Shuttleworth Wingfield Digby (19 August 1911 – 29 January 2007[1]) was the Dean of Peterborough in the Church of England from 1966 to 1980.[2][3]

He was educated at the Nautical College, Pangbourne, and Christ's College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1937 and began his ministry as a curate at St Andrew's, Rugby. He then became a chaplain to the Forces and was a prisoner of war from 1940 to 1945.[4] When peace returned he became vicar of All Saints, Newmarket[5] and then Rural Dean of Bury[6] before his appointment to the deanery.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "The Very Rev Dick Wingfield Digby". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Geograph
  3. ↑ The Times, 26 January 1980, "Resignation of the Dean of Peterborough", p. 16.
  4. ↑ Who's Who 1970, p. 2163 ISBN 0-7136-1140-5
  5. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  6. ↑ Bury Parish Church
  7. ↑ Church Times obituary


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