Rev. H.W.H. Gray

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Biography

Appointment

The Rev. Harold Gray was Vicar of Deopham from 1939 to 1960.

June 13th 1939 – Induction

EDP June 14th 1939:-

The Rev. Harold William Henry Gray, M.A., was instituted to the united benefice and Parish Churches of Deopham with Hackford on the presentation of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury.

February 1st 1943 – Restless

On February 1^st 1943 the Rev. Harold Gray wrote to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to ask for details of a vacancy at South Pickenham. It is not known why he did not take up this post, but remained at Deopham for another seventeen years.

Reproduced courtesy Lambeth Palace Archive

September 29th 1958 Vicarage problems

Death and Funeral

March 21st 1966 EDP

The Rev. H. W. H. Gray, of 28, Earlham Green Lane, Norwich, who was Vicar of Deopham with Hackford from 1939 to 1959, has died in hospital at the age of 74.
The funeral service tomorrow is being held at St. James’s Church, Norwich, where he was curate for seven years before his institution to Deopham. For ten years he was also chaplain to Wicklewood Hospital.
Mr. Gray was born of British parents in North Carolina, U.S.A. and educated at King’s College, Taunton, and Keble College, Oxford. He entered the ministry in 1920 after gaining his Oxford M.A. degree, and appointments at Gillingham, Richmond and Southwark before coming to Norfolk. He was a grandson of the Rev. H. J. S. Gray, a chaplain of King’s College, Cambridge, and a descendant of the Arctic explorers, Sir John Ross (1777-856) and Sir James Clark Ross (1800-1862).

March 24th 1966 EDP

The funeral took place on Tuesday at St. James’s Church, Norwich, of the Rev. H. W. H. Gray, formerly Vicar of Deopham and Rector of Hackford. The service was conducted by the Rev. M. J. Menin, assisted by the Rev. A. R. Astin, Vicar of St. Anne’s, Earlham, who also represented the Archdeacon of Norwich, the Ven. W. A. Aitken. Organisations represented included Deopham and Hackford churches, Deopham Mothers’ Union, and Deopham Football Club.

Legacy

Along with his contemporary church wardens, W. Phoenix and Walter Allen, he gave part of his surname to the Gralix Hall.

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Date	Change
24/12/24	TOC added & headings revised
22/11/23	1943 letter
2/12/22	Published