Charles Ellison
Charles Ottley Ellison (8 February 1898 – 12 December 1978)[1] was an Anglican ecclesiastic who was Archdeacon of Leeds from 1950[2] to 1969.[3]
Ellison was educated at Wrekin College; the University of Leeds; and Ripon College Cuddesdon.[4] During the First World War he was an Officer[5] with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.[6] He was ordained in 1933 and his first post was a curacy at St Chad, Far Headingley. He was Vicar of Kippax from 1937 to 1946; Rural Dean of Whitkirk from 1944 to 1946; Vicar of Wetherby from 1946 to 1955; and Vicar of Briggate from 1955 to 1965.[7]
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- ^ "CCCBR". Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ Church Appointments. The Times (London, England), Thursday, 3 August 1950; pg. 6; Issue 51760
- ^ Church News. Archdeacon of Leeds to resign The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 18 February 1969; pg. 10; Issue 57488.
- ^ ‘ELLISON, Ven. Charles Ottley’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 3 November 2015
- ^ London Gazette
- ^ National Archives
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1967/8 378: Oxford, OUp, 1967