Alexander Cory

The Venerable Alexander Cory was Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight.

Born into an ecclesiastical family on 19 March 1890,^[1] he was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead, Keble College, Oxford and Ripon College Cuddesdon he was ordained in 1914.^[2] After a curacy at Portsea he was a World War I temporary Chaplain to the Forces. He was Rector of Burton Overy from 1919 to 1923 and then Vicar of St Mary’s, Far Cotton until 1928. After that he was Vicar of Fareham for a decade then the incumbent at Hayling Island until 1946. Moving to the Isle of Wight he was Vicar of All Saints, Ryde^[3] from 1946 to 1952 when he became Archdeacon of the whole island^[4]

He died on 7 April 1973 ^[5]

Notes

↑ His father was Alexander Arthur Cory, sometime Vicar of Tipton > “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
↑ Geograph
↑ The Times, Saturday, 19 Jul 1952; pg. 6; Issue 52368; col F Ecclesiastical News
↑ The Times, Tuesday, 10 Apr 1973; pg. 28; Issue 58754; col A Deaths

Church of England titles
Preceded by Edward James Keymer Roberts	Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight July1952– November 1961	Succeeded by Geoffrey Lewis Tiarks

Archdeacons in the Diocese of Portsmouth

Isle of Wight	Francis McDougall Henry Haigh James Macarthur, Bishop of Southampton Lewen Tugwell Robert McKew Hampton Weekes Edward Roberts Alexander Cory Geoffrey Tiarks Ron Scruby Freddie Carpenter Tony Turner Mervyn Banting Trevor Reader Caroline Baston Peter Sutton

Portsmouth (until 1999) & Portsdown (since 1999)	Neville Lovett Harold Rodgers Harold Hyde-Lees Arthur Kitching Edward Roberts Michael Peck Geoffrey Tiarks Christopher Prior Ron Scruby Norman Crowder Graeme Knowles Chris Lowson (became Archdeacon of Portsdown) Chris Lowson, Archdeacon of Portsdown Trevor Reader, Archdeacon of Portsdown Joanne Grenfell, Archdeacon of Portsdown

The Meon	Peter Hancock Gavin Collins

Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth

Portsmouth Cathedral Bishopsgrove, Fareham Portsmouth Diocesan Office

Office holders	Christopher Foster, Bishop of Portsmouth AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough David Brindley, Dean of Portsmouth Gavin Collins, Archdeacon of The Meon Peter Sutton, Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight Joanne Grenfell, Archdeacon of Portsdown

Historic offices	Provost of Portsmouth (1927–2000; see Dean of Portsmouth) Archdeacon of Portsmouth (1924–1999)

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