Stretton Reeve

(Arthur) Stretton Reeve (11 June 1907 – 27 January 1981^[1]) was Bishop of Lichfield from 1953^[2] until 1 December 1974.^[3]

Early life and education

Born into an ecclesiastical family, son of The Reverend Arthur Reeve and his wife Violet Inez^[4] Reeve was educated at Brighton College and Selwyn College, Cambridge. He rowed for the winning Cambridge eight in the 1930 Boat Race.

Reeve's first post after ordination was as a curate in Putney (1930-32) after which he was Domestic Chaplain to Cyril Garbett as Bishop of Winchester (1932-36). Subsequently he was Vicar of Highfield, Hampshire (1936-43).^[5] From 1943 he was Vicar and Rural Dean of Leeds^[6]^{[failed verification]} and an Honorary Canon of Ripon Cathedral (1947-53) before his elevation to the episcopate as Bishop of Lichfield in 1953.^[7]

Reeve also served as Chaplain to King George VI from 1945 to 1952 and to Queen Elizabeth II 1952 to 1953.^[8]

After retirement from the episcopacy Reeve lived at Huntington Green, Ashford Carbonell, Shropshire.^[8]

Reeve married Flora Montgomery McNeill in 1936, by whom he had a son and two daughters.

^ "Obituary- The Right Rev A. S. Reeve Former Bishop of Lichfield". The Times. No. 60838. 29 January 1981. p. 17; col G.
^ "Two New Bishops Nominated Birmingham And Lichfield". The Times. No. 52652. 19 June 1953. p. 8; col D.
^ "New Bishop of Lichfield appointed". Church Times. No. 5827. 18 October 1974. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 27 August 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ {{“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
^ Leodis
^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
^ ^a ^b Who's Who, 1976. A and C Black, London. p. 1981.