The Very Rev

Very Reverend

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 Arnold Henry Page was the Dean of Peterborough in the Church of England

Church of England

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 from 1908 until 1928.
Born in Carlisle on 1 March 1851 and educated at Repton

Repton School

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 and Balliol

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 , he was called to the bar

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 in 1878 and ordained in 1883 . He began his career with curacies

Curate

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 at St Mary's, Bryanston Square

St Mary's, Bryanston Square

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 and St Botolph’s, Bishopsgate

St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate

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  and was then appointed Rector

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 of Tendring

Tendring

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  before his elevation to the Deanery

Deanery

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. He died on 10 November 1943.