23 John N. Lyth
Dates of Life: 1903 – 1974
Dates of Rectorship: 7/3/1939 – 1943
Before –
From 1909: Educated at Millbank School, Westminster. Then, Archbishop Holgate’s (C. of E.) School, York.
1921: Attended Edinburgh Theological College
1923: L.-Th., University of Durham
1925: M.A., University of Edinburgh
1926-1931: Curate at St. John’s, Greenock
1927: Ordained Deacon, likely Glasgow
1928: Ordained Priest, Glasgow
1931: Rector at St. John’s, Polmadie
””: Priest at St. Martin’s, Govanhill, as well as the above.
Before Nov. 1935-At least Mar. 1939: Priest at St. Peter’s, Kirkcaldy
After –
1943-1950: Priest at St. John’s, Greenock
1950-1968: Rector at St. Michael and All Angels’, Ford, Northumberland
Birth –
Full Name: John Noel Lyth
Date: 25th December 1903
Place: Brixton
Father: George John Wesley Lyth, Postal Sorter
Mother: Amy Elizabeth Suffield
Marriage –
Date: 27th December 1934
Place: St. Martin’s, Govanhill
Spouse: Ethel Dorothy Bradford
Death –
Date: 5th April 1974
Place: Northumberland
Additional Information –
Buried in the churchyard at Ford, Northumberland. Closure of the Episcopal School at Stonehaven in 1939 led him to appeal to the Court of Session to use the funds saved to repair the parsonage. A newspaper from 1942 indicates he was a member of the Kincardineshire Education Committee, and one from 1937 has him as a playwright.