Geoffrey Frank Hilder[1] (17 July 1906 – 6 February 1988)[2] was Archdeacon of Taunton[3] from 1951[4] until 1971.[5]
Early life
editHilder was the younger son of Albert Thomas Hilder, a dentist, and Lilian Ethel (nee Hallwright). [6] He was educated at Uppingham School; Lincoln College, Oxford; the Inner Temple; and Ely Theological College.
Career
editHe was called to the Bar in 1930. He was ordained Deacon in 1931; and Priest in 1932.[7] He served his title at St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich (1931-34) and Goldthorpe (1934-37).[8]
He was Rector of Ruardean from 1937 to 1941; Vicar of St Stephen, Cheltenham from 1941[9] to 1948; and Vicar of Hambridge from 1948 to 1959. He was Prolocutor of the Lower House of Convocation of Canterbury from 1955 to 1970; a Director of Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Ltd from 1957 to 1961 a Prebendary of Wells Cathedral from 1951 to 1973; and Provost of the Western Division of the Woodard Corporation from 1960 to 1970.[10]
Personal life
editHe married Enid Coggin in 1939, sister of the crime novelist Joan Coggin.[11] In retirement Hilder and his wife lived in Bude.[12] He died in Barnstaple in 1988, aged 81.[13] There were no children of the marriage.[14]
Notes
edit- ^ Latest wills. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, May 04, 1988; pg. 17; Issue 63072
- ^ Ven Geoffrey Hilder. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, February 10, 1988; pg. 12; Issue 62999
- ^ The Aluredian
- ^ Ecclesiastical News. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Feb 07, 1951; pg. 8; Issue 51919
- ^ Church news. The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 14, 1971; pg. 14; Issue 58198
- ^ "A Meads Engagement", Eastbourne Gazette, 7 December 1938, p 3.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th issue, p 439.
- ^ Oxford Movement in Gloucestershire
- ^ ‘HILDER, Rev. Geoffrey Frank’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 24 Dec 2016
- ^ "A Meads Engagement", Eastbourne Gazette, 7 December 1938, p 3.
- ^ "In Memoriam: Archdeacon G.F. Hilder", Church Times, 12 February 1988, p 16.
- ^ "In Memoriam: Archdeacon G.F. Hilder", Church Times, 12 February 1988, p 16.
- ^ "In Memoriam: Archdeacon G.F. Hilder", Church Times, 12 February 1988, p 16.
