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Richard Phipps
Peter
Townley
was
Archdeacon of Halifax
from 1923 to
1927
;
and then
, when it was renamed, of
Halifax
from 1927 to 1930.
Phipps
was
educated
at
Dover College
;
Clare College, Cambridge
; and
Wells Theological College
.
Ordained
in 1890, he served
curacies
in
Great Yarmouth
and
Wakefield
. He was
Diocesan
Chaplain
of Wakefield from
1894
to
1896
;
Vicar
of
Brighouse
from 1896 to
1901
; and then of
Kirkburton
from 1901. A
freemason
, he was
Grand Chaplain
of
England
in
1926
. He was a Member of
West Riding County Council
from
1913
to
1928
.
