David Herbert "Peter" Booth (26 January 1907 – 24 March 1993)"Personal Column", The Times (London, England), 26 March 1993; p. 18. was the Archdeacon of LewesNational Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives from 1959"Ecclesiastical News: Archdeacon of Lewes appointed", The Times, London, England, 17 August 1959; p. 10. to 1971 and Headmaster of Shoreham Grammar School from 1972 to 1977.
Booth was educated at Bedford School and Pembroke College, Cambridge."Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 He began ordained ministry as a curate at All Saints' HamptonAll Saints' Hampton website after which he was chaplain of Tonbridge School from 1935 to 1940. Following World War II service in the RNVRNavy List Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom): London, HMSO, June 1944 he was Rector of Stepney from 1945 to 1953 and Vicar of Brighton from 1953 to 1959.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76, London: Oxford University Press, 1976 . He was also an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen.London Gazette
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