Hugh Norton

Hugh Ross Norton OBE (born Marylebone, 3 April 1890 – died Bury St Edmunds, 10 January 1969) was Archdeacon of Sudbury^[1] from 1945 to 1962.

Norton was educated at Monkton Combe School and Wadham College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1914 ^[2] and served curacies in Whitechapel, Stepney and Tottenham;^[3] also acting as a wartime Chaplain to the Forces in the Middle East. He was Precentor of Wakefield Cathedral from 1921 to 1924; and again a Chaplain to the Forces from 1924 until 1945^[4] when he took up his Archdeacon’s appointment. He was Rector of Horringer from 1945 to 1958; and then a Canon Residentiary of St Edmundsbury Cathedral from 1958 until 1964: there is a memorial to him in the cathedral. He was Archdeacon Emeritus of Sudbury from 1962 until his death.

References

↑ NPG details
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947
↑ ‘NORTON, Ven. Hugh Ross’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 4 March 2013
↑ London Gazette

Archdeacons of Sudbury
High Medieval	William son of Humphrey Baldwin of Boulogne Reiner Roger Robert of Gloucester Alan de Beccles Roger Pincerna William de Clare Thomas Ingoldsthorpe Constantine de Mildenhall Ralph de Fornham Ralph of York
Late Medieval	Henry de Bradenham Alan de Ely Simon de Creake Firmin de Lavenham Gilbert de Marewell Richard Lyng Walter Elvedon Thomas de Winchester Thomas de Methelwold Henry de la Zouche William Graa de Trusthope John Hambleton John de Lincoln Hugh Sturmy Thomas Grene Hugh Gaudeby Thomas Hetersete Richard Maudeleyn Thomas Hetersete (again) Eudo de la Zouche Roger Wodehele Thomas Rodborne Clement Denston John Wiggenhall John Selot Nicholas Goldwell John Jeffreys Thomas Shenkwyn John Finneys William Stillington Thomas Larke Richard Woleman Miles Spencer
Early modern	Thomas Aldriche John Still Tertullian Pyne Cuthbert Norris Theophilus Kent Anthony Sparrow John Spencer Nicholas Clagett Brampton Gurdon John Chapman John Gooch George Glover
Late modern	Lord Arthur Hervey Frank Chapman Arthur Livingstone George Hodges William Farmiloe Eric Buckley Maxwell Maxwell-Gumbleton, Bishop of Dunwich Hugh Norton Harry Barton David Maddock, Bishop of Dunwich Kenneth Child Donald Smith Richard Garrard John Cox David Brierley David Jenkins

Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
St Edmundsbury Cathedral Bishop's House, Ipswich St Nicholas Centre, Ipswich Suffolk Guild of Ringers
Office holders	Martin Seeley, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Mike Harrison, Bishop suffragan of Dunwich AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Joe Hawes, Dean of St Edmundsbury David Jenkins, Archdeacon of Sudbury Sally Gaze, Archdeacon for Rural Mission Rhiannon King, Archdeacon of Ipswich Rich Henderson, Archdeacon of Suffolk
Historic offices	Provost of St Edmundsbury (1929–2000; see Dean of St Edmundsbury)

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