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Henry Spencer Stephenson (4 November 1871 - 4 June 1957) was a British minister and a member of the Spencer family. He served as Chaplain to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II, participating in the coronation procession of Queen Elizabeth. == Personal life and ordained ministry == Henry Spencer Stephenson was born on 4 November 1871 in Mahabaleshwar, India during the British Raj. He was the son of Lieut. Col. Sussex Vane Stephenson of the Scots Fusilier Guards and his wife, Augusta Melita Spencer. His father died of cholera in Bombay, India on 28 June 1872. In 1882 Stephenson's mother married the Reverend Edward Mallet Young, but there were no children from this marriage, leaving Stephenson an only child. Stephenson completed his undergraduate studies at Sherborne School, where his step-father was headmaster, graduating 4 October 1890.〔 He subsequently studied at Trinity College, Cambridge where he received his B.A. degree in 1893, promoted to an M.A. degree in 1897.〔 He was ordained a deacon in 1895 and a priest in 1896.〔 Stephenson's first religious appointment was as Curate of Willington, Durham from 1895-1900.〔 His next assignment was as Rector of Allendale, Northumberland in 1900, serving there until 1909.〔〔 He then moved to Gateshead to serve as Vicar of Christ Church from 1909 to 1914, then becoming Rector of Gateshead from in 1914.〔〔 Stephenson was a commissioner of Boy Scouts and chairman of his diocesan branch of the Church of England Temperance Society. For his religious service he was made an honorary Canon of Durham in 1922 and a Freeman of Gateshead in 1946.〔 Stephenson died at the hospital at Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, England on 4 June 1957. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry Spencer Stephenson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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