This British surname is
barrelled , being made up of multiple names. It should be written as
Lloyd Rees , not
Rees .
Leslie Lloyd Rees (properly surnamed Lloyd-Rees, but sometimes called Rees; 14 April 1919 – 4 July 2013)[ 1] was variously Honorary Chaplain to the Queen ,[ 2] Chaplain-General of Prisons [ 3] and Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury .[ 4]
Rees was educated at Kelham Theological College .[ 5] He was made deacon at Michaelmas 1942 (20 September)[ 6] and ordained priest the Michaelmas following (18 September 1943) — both times by John Morgan , Bishop of Llandaff at Llandaff Cathedral .[ 7] [ 8] after a brief curacy at St Saviour, Roath ,[ 9] he embarked on a long career as a Prison Chaplain: he was successively Chaplain at Cardiff , Durham , Dartmoor and Winchester .[ 5] In 1962 he was appointed to the head of the service (Chaplain-General of Prisons ), a post he held until his appointment to the episcopate 18 years later.[ 10] He was also appointed honorary Canon of Canterbury Cathedral in 1966.[ 11] He was consecrated a bishop on 3 November 1980, by Robert Runcie , Archbishop of Canterbury , at Westminster Abbey .[ 12] He became a
Chaplain of the Order of St John (ChStJ).
In retirement he was an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Winchester ,[ 13] having settled in Alresford , Hampshire .[ 11] and served as a member of the Parole Board for England and Wales from 1987 to 1990.[ 5]
Later in retirement he moved to a retirement home at Blackwater, Isle of Wight [ 5] where he died in July 2013, aged 94.
References
^ "Telegraph Announcements - Leslie Rees" . Retrieved 9 July 2013 .
^ The Times , Thursday, Sep 09, 1971; pg. 16; Issue 58272; col A Appointments: new Chaplains to the Queen
^ The Times , Wednesday, Jan 30, 1980; pg. 17; Issue 60537; col B Resignation of the Chaplain-General to the Prison Service
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition) , Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0 )
^ a b c d ‘REES, Leslie Lloyd’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 [1] , accessed 6 July 2012
^ "Ordinations" . Church Times . No. 4158. 2 October 1942. p. 538. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 16 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ "Ordinations" . Church Times . No. 4210. 1 October 1943. p. 509. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 16 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ "Long serving Chaplain General of the Prison Service who used his boxing credentials to good effect to establish a rapport with inmates" Obituaries p47 The Times Issue no 70,934 dated Thursday 11 July 2013
^ Parish details Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ The Times , Saturday 9 August 1980; pg. 14; Issue 60699; col A Church news New Bishop of Shrewsbury
^ a b "Bishop Leslie dies aged 94". Shropshire Star . 14 July 2013. p. 5.
^ "picture caption" . Church Times . No. 6143. 7 November 1980. p. 3. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 16 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ The Independent – Birthdays, 13 April 1996