Reginald Prideaux Lightfoot (26 May 183618 September 1906) was a British Anglican priest. He was the Archdeacon of Oakham in the Church of England from 1880 to 1905."Convocation Of Canterbury", The Times (London, England), 7 February 1900, p. 4.
Life Lightfoot was born into an ecclesiastical family — his father, John Prideaux Lightfoot, was the Rector of Exeter College, Oxford.Who was Who 1897-2007, London, A & C Black, 2007, He was educated at Radley College and Balliol College, Oxford."University Intelligence", The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and General Advertiser (Truro, England), 17 June 1859, p. 3. He was Vicar of Wellingborough"University Intelligence", Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), 8 November 1879. then Rector of Church of St Peter and St Paul, Uppingham from 1890 until his death.The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory, London, John Phillips, 1900 He was the Archdeacon of Oakham from 1880 to 1905, and served as Prolocutor of the Lower House of Convocation of the Province of Canterbury from February 1900.
He received the degree Doctor of Divinity (DD) from the University of Oxford in March 1900.
Family Lightfoot married in 1869 Alice Gordon Robbins, eldest daughter of George Robbins, rector of Courtenhall. Robert Henry Lightfoot was their son.
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