Kenneth Mervyn Lancelot Hadfield Banting (known as Mervyn;The Independent – Church appointments 8 September 1937 – 9 February 2022)Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 was an Anglican priest, who was an Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight.
Banting was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge and Cuddesdon College. He was ordained deacon in 1965 and priest in 1966 Crockford's clerical directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 and began his career as Chaplain at Winchester College after which he was Assistant Curate at St Francis, Leigh Park. He then held incumbencies in Hemel Hempstead, BedfordAll Saints web site and Portsmouth before his island appointment in 1996.
Banting retired as Archdeacon in 2003. He died on 9 February 2022, at the age of 84.
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