Andrew Ritchie (priest)


Andrew Binny Ritchie was an Anglican priest, most notably Archdeacon of Surrey from 1949 to 1955.
Ritchie was educated at Edinburgh Academy, followed by Durham University and Wells Theological College. Binny was ordained in 1904. He served London curacies at Stratford Bow and Eaton Square. He was Vicar of St Frideswide, Poplar from to 1918; Rector and Rural Dean of Poplar from 1918 to 1920; Rector of Sudborough;, Rector of St Mary Chester from 1922 to 1925; Vicar of S John, Margate from 1925 to 1931; Vicar of Kennington from 1931 to 1934; Vicar of Cranbrook from 1934 to 1939; Vicar of S Mary, Dover from 1939 to 1941; and Rector of Haslemere from 1941 to 1949.
He died on 20 January 1956.