The Venerable Michael John Macdonald Paton was an eminent Anglican priest and authorAmongst others he wrote “Essays in Anglican Self-criticism”, 1958; “More Sermons from Great St Mary’s”, 1971; “Religion and Medicine”, 1976; and “Mud and Stars”, 1991 > British Library website accessed 15:22 GMT 5 July 2011 in the 20th century.Genealogical web site
Paton was born on 25 November 1922,“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 and educated at Repton and Magdalen College, Oxford. After service with the Indian Army and the Foreign Office,London Gazette he was ordained in 1954.Crockford's clerical directory London, Church House 1975 ISBN (invalid) 0108153674 alternate version: He was a curate at All Saints’, Gosforth and then held incumbencies at St Chad's, Sheffield and St Mark's, Broomhill. In 1978 he was appointed Archdeacon of Sheffield, a post he held for nine years. He died on 6 November 2016.
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