Arthur Greaves


Arthur Ivan Greaves was an Anglican bishop in the mid 20th century.
He was born on 11 January 1873 and educated at Hurstpierpoint College and Keble College, Oxford. After a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon he was ordained in 1897.
His first post was as a Curate in Kettering after which became Vicar of St Mary's, Northampton before further incumbencies at Leicester and Finedon. Subsequently Archdeacon of Oakham and then Bishop of Grantham he was translated to Grimsby in 1937, a post he held for a further 21 years. He was also Archdeacon of Stow from 1937 to 1951. A keen musician, he died a year after his retirement on 29 November 1959. His papers are housed within The National Archives.