Anthony Otter was the sixth Bishop of Grantham

Bishop of Grantham

The Bishop of Grantham is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the market town of Grantham in Lincolnshire. The bishop has episcopal oversight as the area bishop for the...

, from 1949 to 1965

He was educated at Repton

Repton School

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 and Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College, Cambridge

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. After wartime service with the RNVR, he was ordained in 1926. His first post was as a curate

Curate

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 at Holy Trinity, Marylebone

Marylebone

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. From 1931 to 1949 he was Vicar

Vicar

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 of Lowdham

Lowdham

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, rising in time to be an Honorary Canon

Canon (priest)

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 of Southwell Cathedral and Dean

Dean (religion)

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 of Stamford, Lincolnshire

Stamford, Lincolnshire

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 before elevation to the Episcopate. He died on 9 March 1986.