Richard Burne

Richard Vernon Higgins Burne FSA (19 March 1882 – 9 March 1970) was Archdeacon of Chester from 1937 to 1965. Burne was educated at Malvern College, Keble College, Oxford and Ripon College Cuddesdon. After a curacy in Slough he became chaplain to the Charles Ferguson-Davie, the Bishop of Singapore, in 1913. During World War I he was a chaplain to the British Armed Forces. After the war he was a tutor at the Ordination Test School, Knutsford; and then its principal from 1923 until his archdeacon’s appointment. References 1882 births People educated at Malvern College Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon Archdeacons of Chester Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London 1970 deaths