The Very Rev. David Colin Dunlop (1897–1968) was an eminent Anglican clergyman during the middle third of the 20th century. Educated at Radley

Radley College

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 and New College, Oxford

New College, Oxford

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, he was ordained after wartime service with The Buffs in 1922. His first post was as a Curate

Curate

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 at St Mary, Primrose Hill

Primrose Hill

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, after which he became Chaplain

Chaplain

Traditionally, a chaplain is a minister in a specialized setting such as a priest, pastor, rabbi, or imam or lay representative of a religion attached to a secular institution such as a hospital, prison, military unit, police department, university, or private chapel...

 to the Bishop of Chichester

George Bell (bishop)

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. Appointed Vicar

Vicar

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 of St Thomas Hove

St Mary and St Abraam Coptic Orthodox Church, Hove

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 and then Henfield

Henfield

Henfield is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, northwest of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester at the road junction of the A281 and A2037. The parish has a land area of . In the 2001 census 5,012...

, in 1944 he became Provost

Provost (religion)

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 of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh

St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal)

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 before elevation to the Episcopate as Bishop of Jarrow

Bishop of Jarrow

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 five years later. In 1949 he became Dean of Lincoln

Dean of Lincoln

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, a post he held until he retired in 1964. In 1955 he was appointed the first chairman of the Liturgical Commission of the Church of England.