Cyril Morton (priest)

Cyril Evelyn Morton (1885 – 27 July 1932^[1]) was an Anglican priest.^[2]

Educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge and Ripon College Cuddesdon, he was ordained in 1908^[3] and began his ordained ministry with curacies in Hampstead and Roehampton. He was then an incumbent at Clifton On Dunsmore and Holy Trinity, Beauchamp Avenue, Leamington Spa. In 1929 he became Sub-Dean of the Coventry Cathedral and, in 1931, following a change in the law, the cathedral's first provost.^[4] He is buried in the churchyard at Lillington, Warwickshire.^[5]

References

↑ "Provost Morton", The Times, 28 July 1932, p18.
↑ Herry’s Archives
↑ "The Clergy List", London, Kelly’s, 1913
↑ The Times, 18 August 1931, p13, "Ecclesiastical News: Coventry Cathedral"
↑ Tributes to the late Provost of Coventry, Leamington Spa Courier, 5th August, 1932, p6.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Provost of Coventry Cathedral 1931–1932	Succeeded by Richard Thomas Howard

Provosts and Deans of Coventry

Provosts	Cyril Morton Richard Howard Harold Williams Colin Semper John Petty

Deans	John Petty Stuart Beake John Irvine Tim Pullen John Witcombe

Diocese of Coventry

Coventry Cathedral Coventry Blitz The Bishop's House, Coventry Cathedral and Diocesan Office, Coventry St Mary's Priory and Cathedral

Office holders	Christopher Cocksworth, Bishop of Coventry John Stroyan, Bishop suffragan of Warwick AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet John Witcombe, Dean of Coventry Morris Rodham, Archdeacon Missioner John Green, Archdeacon Pastor

Historic offices	Provost of Coventry (1931–2000; see Dean of Coventry) Archdeacon of Warwick (1918–2009; replaced by Archdeacon Missioner) Archdeacon of Coventry (12th century–2012; replaced by Archdeacon Pastor)

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