Edward Keble Talbot MC

Military Cross

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 (31 December 1877 – 21 October 1949) was an English Anglican

Church of England

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 priest, who was the Superior of the Community of the Resurrection

Community of the Resurrection

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, a religious community for men in Mirfield

Mirfield

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, West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

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.

Talbot was the son of Edward Stuart Talbot

Edward Stuart Talbot

Edward Stuart Talbot was an Anglican bishop in the Church of England and the first Warden of Keble College, Oxford.-Education:...

, the first Warden of Keble College, Oxford

Keble College, Oxford

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 who later became Bishop of Rochester

Bishop of Rochester

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, Bishop of Southwark and then Bishop of Winchester

Bishop of Winchester

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; Talbot's brother, Neville Stuart Talbot

Neville Stuart Talbot

Neville Stuart Talbot was born at Keble College, Oxford on 21 August 1879 and died on 3 April 1943. He was a bishop in the Church of England.-Family:He was the third child and second son of his parents...

, became Bishop of Pretoria. Talbot was educated at Winchester

Winchester College

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 and then Christ Church, Oxford

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, where he obtained a second-class degree in Literae Humaniores

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 (classics). He was ordained in 1904 and was curate

Curate

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 of St Mary's Church in Woolwich

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, south-east London. He joined the Community of the Resurrection

Community of the Resurrection

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 in 1906. In 1914, he became a temporary Chaplain to the Forces, serving until 1919 and winning the Military Cross

Military Cross

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. He became Superior of the Community of the Resurrection in 1922, serving until 1940. He was also one of the Chaplains

Honorary Chaplain to the King

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 to King George VI

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between 1920 and 1945. He died on 21 October 1949; he did not marry.