Peter Dawes


Peter Spencer Dawes was the fifth Bishop of Derby.
Dawes was educated at Aldenham School and Hatfield College, Durham, and ordained in 1955. His career began with curacies at St Andrew's, Whitehall Park and St Ebbe's, Oxford. Then he was a Tutor at Clifton Theological College, Vicar of the Good Shepherd, Romford, and finally Archdeacon of West Ham. After his retirement he became an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Ely.