Stretton Reeve, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Stretton Reeve

British bishop

Date of Birth: 11-Jun-1907

Date of Death: 27-Jan-1981

Profession: priest

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

(Arthur) Stretton Reeve (11 June 1907 – 27 January 1981) was Bishop of Lichfield from 1953 until 1 December 1974.Born into an ecclesiastical family, he was educated at Brighton College and Selwyn College, Cambridge.
He rowed for the winning Cambridge eight in the 1930 Boat Race.
His first post after ordination was as a curate in Putney after which he was Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Winchester and then Vicar of Highfield, Hampshire.
From 1943 he was Rural Dean of Leeds before elevation to the episcopate