Michael Clarke (priest)

Harold George Michael Clarke^[1] (1898 – 19 August 1978^[2]) was an Anglican priest and educator in the 20th century.

Clarke was educated at St Paul's School, London.^[3] He served with the 2nd Field Company Royal Engineers in France during 1918, after which he went up to Trinity College, Cambridge. He was an Assistant Master at Winchester College from 1921 to 1932 when he became Head Master of Rossall School, serving for five years until 1937 when he became head of Repton School in Derbyshire.^[4]^[5] Ordained in 1939,^[6] he became Rector of Holy Trinity, St Marylebone in 1945. In 1951 he became Provost of Birmingham Cathedral, and held the post for a decade. Clarke was a prominent Freemason.^[7]

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Church of England titles
Preceded by Harold Richards	Provost of Birmingham Cathedral 1999 –2005	Succeeded by George Sinker

Provosts and Deans of Birmingham

Provosts	Hamilton Baynes Harold Richards Michael Clarke George Sinker Basil Moss Peter Berry Gordon Mursell (became Dean)

Deans	Gordon Mursell Robert Wilkes Catherine Ogle

Diocese of Birmingham

St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham Bishop's Croft, Birmingham Diocesan Office, Birmingham

Office holders	David Urquhart, Bishop of Birmingham Anne Hollinghurst, Bishop suffragan of Aston AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Catherine Ogle, Dean of Birmingham Hayward Osborne, Archdeacon of Birmingham Simon Heathfield, Archdeacon of Aston

Historic offices	Provost of Birmingham (1931–2000; see Dean of Birmingham)

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