Reginald Waterfield

For the British hematologist and amateur astronomer, see Reginald Lawson Waterfield.

Waterfield, photographed in connection with the Synod of the Clergy of the Diocese of Hereford, 18 May 1927.

Reginald Waterfield (20 December 1867 – 8 March 1967) was an Anglican priest^[1] in the 20th century.^[2]

Education and career

He was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford,^[3] and was ordained in 1897.^[4] He was assistant master at Rugby School,^[5] then Principal of Cheltenham College, then Archdeacon of Cirencester (renamed Archdeacon of Cheltenham in 1919).^[6] In 1919 he became Dean of Hereford,^[7] a post he held until his retirement in 1947.^[8] He died in March 1967 aged 99 years and, following cremation, his ashes were buried in the Lady Arbour at Hereford Cathedral.^[9]

Freemasonry

Waterfield was a prominent Freemason, and served as Provincial Grand Master of Herefordshire from 1923 to 1946.^[10] The Dean Waterfield Lodge No 8089 in Hereford is named after him. He and his Bishop, Hensley Henson, were both founders of the Cantilupe Lodge No 4083,^[11] named after Thomas de Cantilupe of Hereford.

Family

Reginald Lawson Waterfield (1900-1986), haematologist and astronomer, was his son.^[12]

References

1. National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
2. The Times, Thursday, Mar 09, 1967; pg. 14; Issue 56885; col F Very Rev. R. Waterfield Former Dean And Headmaster
3. The Times, Friday, May 03, 1895; pg. 10; Issue 34567; col B University Intelligence
4. Ordinations Durham The Times Tuesday, Sep 21, 1897; pg. 8; Issue 35314; col F
5. Moir, Prebendary A.L. (1968). Deans of Hereford. Orphans Printing Press. p. 54.
6. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941
7. The New Dean Of Hereford The Times Monday, Dec 22, 1919; pg. 9; Issue 42289; col B
8. "Hereford Cathedral: a history" Aylmer, G/Tiller, J: London, Hambledon, 2000 ISBN 1-85285-194-5
9. Deans of Hereford. p. 56.
10. "Sitter: Very Rev. Reginald Waterfield (1867-1967)". V&A Lanayette Negative Archive. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
11. "Cantilupe Lodge - No 4083". Provincial Grand Lodge of Herefordshire. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
12. "Munks Roll Details for Reginald Lawson Waterfield". munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Sinclair	Archdeacon of Cirencester 1919–1919	Succeeded by Himself as Archdeacon of Cheltenham
Preceded by Himself as Archdeacon of Cirencester	Archdeacon of Cheltenham 1919–1919	Succeeded by George Gardner
Preceded by Wentworth Leigh	Dean of Hereford 1919–1946	Succeeded by Hedley Burrows