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Walter Crichton

Archdeacon of Madras (1929–1937)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 24, 2022
Entity authorityQ50323042 ↗
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Walter Richard Crichton was Archdeacon of Madras from 1929 to 1937.

Crichton was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1908. After curacies in Seagoe and Hillsborough he went with the Eccles Establishment to India. He served at Cannanore, Ootacamund, Secunderabad, Trichinopoly, Bellary, George Town, Chennai, Wellington and Fort St. George. Returning from India in 1931 he held incumbencies at Ranmore and Plaistow.

He died on 29 April 1942.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1929, 1937, 1908, 1931—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1801. The account is most persuasive where Walter, Crichton and Archdeacon can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “Walter Crichton” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.