Geoffrey Frank HilderLatest wills. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, May 04, 1988; pg. 17; Issue 63072 (17 July 1906 – 6 February 1988)Ven Geoffrey Hilder. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, February 10, 1988; pg. 12; Issue 62999 was Archdeacon of TauntonThe Aluredian from 1951Ecclesiastical News. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Feb 07, 1951; pg. 8; Issue 51919 until 1971.Church news. The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 14, 1971; pg. 14; Issue 58198
Early life Hilder was the younger son of Albert Thomas Hilder, a dentist, and Lilian Ethel (nee Hallwright)."A Meads Engagement", Eastbourne Gazette, 7 December 1938, p 3. He was educated at Uppingham School; Lincoln College, Oxford; the Inner Temple; and Ely Theological College.
Career He was called to the Bar in 1930. He was ordained Deacon in 1931; and Priest in 1932.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: OUP, 1976 He served his title at St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich (1931–34) and Goldthorpe (1934-37).Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th issue, p 439.
He was Rector of Ruardean from 1937 to 1941; Vicar of St Stephen, Cheltenham from 1941 to 1948; and Vicar of Hambridge from 1948 to 1959. He was Prolocutor of the Lower House of Convocation of Canterbury from 1955 to 1970; a Director of Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Ltd from 1957 to 1961 a Prebendary of Wells Cathedral from 1951 to 1973; and Provost of the Western Division of the Woodard Corporation from 1960 to 1970.‘HILDER, Rev. Geoffrey Frank’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 24 Dec 2016
Personal life He married Enid Coggin in 1939, sister of the crime novelist Joan Coggin."A Meads Engagement", Eastbourne Gazette, 7 December 1938, p 3. In retirement Hilder and his wife lived in Bude."In Memoriam: Archdeacon G.F. Hilder", Church Times, 12 February 1988, p 16. He died in Barnstaple in 1988, aged 81."In Memoriam: Archdeacon G.F. Hilder", Church Times, 12 February 1988, p 16. There were no children of the marriage."In Memoriam: Archdeacon G.F. Hilder", Church Times, 12 February 1988, p 16.
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