The Rt Rev Harold Richard "Dick" Darby was the Suffragan Bishop of Sherwood

Bishop of Sherwood

The Bishop of Sherwood is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name after the Royal forest of Sherwood in Nottinghamshire....

 from 1975 until 1989. He was born on 28 February 1919 and educated at Durham University

Durham University

The University of Durham, commonly known as Durham University, is a university in Durham, England. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...

. He was ordained  in 1951 and began his ecclesiastical career with curacies

Curate

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 in Leyton

Leyton

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  and Harlow

Harlow

Harlow is a new town and local government district in Essex, England. It is located in the west of the county and on the border with Hertfordshire, on the Stort Valley, The town is near the M11 motorway and forms part of the London commuter belt.The district has a current population of 78,889...

. Following these he was Vicar

Vicar

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 of Shrub End Colchester

Colchester

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 and then Waltham Abbey

Waltham Abbey (abbey)

The Abbey Church of Waltham Abbey has been a place of worship since at least 1030, and is in the town of Waltham Abbey, Essex, England. The Prime Meridian passes through its grounds. Harold Godwinson is said to be buried just outside the present abbey...

 before being appointed Dean

Dean (religion)

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 of Battle

Battle, East Sussex

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 in 1970, a post he held until his ascension to the Episcopate five years later. An honorary doctor

Honorary degree

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 of Nottingham University, he retired in 1989 and died on Boxing Day

Boxing Day

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 1993.