Berkeley Cole

The Venerable Berkeley Cole

Archdeacon of Loughborough
In office 1953–1963
Archdeacon of Leicester
In office 1963–1973

Personal details
Born	20 October 1913
Died	19 July 1996
Spouse	Mabel Grace née Chapman

The Venerable (Ronald) Berkeley Cole^[1] (1913–1996) was an eminent Anglican priest and author in the first half of the mid 20th century.

After an earlier career as a Registrar with the London County Freehold and Leasehold Properties Ltd he was ordained in 1943.^[2] He began his career with a curacy in Braunstone after which he was Succentor of Leicester Cathedral. He was Vicar of St Philip, Leicester from 1950 to 1973.^[3] He was Archdeacon of Loughborough from 1953 to 1963 and of Leicester from then until 1980.^[4] His last post was as Rural Dean of Reps.

Notes

^ Leicestershire Villages – Good Old Days at Fleckney
^ “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
^ University of Leicester

Church of England titles
Preceded by William John Lyon	Archdeacon of Loughborough 1953–1963	Succeeded by Harold Lockley
Preceded by Irven David Edwards	Archdeacon of Leicester 1953–1963	Succeeded by Robert David Silk

Archdeacons of Loughborough

Charles Boucher
Percy Bowers
William Hurrell
William Lyon
Berkeley Cole
Harold Lockley
Hughie Jones
Ian Stanes
Paul Hackwood
David Newman
Sue Field (acting)
Claire Wood

v t e Archdeacons of Leicester
High Medieval	Ranulph Godfrey Walter Robert de Chesney Hugh Barre Baldric de Segillo Hamo Roger de Rolleston Reimund of Lincoln Robert Grosseteste William de Dratton John of Basingstoke Solomon of Dover Roger de Saxenhurst Roger Martival
Late Medieval	Guillaume Cardinal de Farges Raynald Orsini Henry Chaddesden William Doune Philippe Cardinal de Cabassoles Giacomo Cardinal Orsini, Dean of Salisbury John Bottlesham John Elvet Richard Elvet John Legbourne Thomas Barnsley Richard Ewen William Witham Roger Rotherham John Morton Richard Lavender William Spark Henry Wilcocks Richard Maudeley Stephen Gardiner Edward Foxe Edmund Bonner William More
Early modern	Thomas Robertson Richard Barber Hugh Blythe Robert Johnson Richard Pilkington William Warr Henry Ferne Robert Hitch Clement Breton William Owtram Francis Meres Byrom Eaton John Rogers David Trimnel John Taylor James Bickham Andrew Burnaby Thomas Parkinson Thomas Bonney
Late modern	Henry Fearon Assheton Pownall John Mitchinson John Stocks Frederick MacNutt Cecil Matthews Irven Edwards Berkeley Cole David Silk Mike Edson Richard Atkinson Tim Stratford Richard Worsfold