John Du Boulay Lance (14 March 1907 – 4 September 1991) was a British Church of England priest, most notably Archdeacon of Wells from 1963Ecclesiastical News. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 14 November 1962; pg. 6; Issue 55548 until 1973.Care of medieval sculptures at Wells. (J. du B. LANCE) > The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 13 February 1973; pg. 17; Issue 58706
Lancewas educated at Marlborough; Jesus College, Cambridge;"The House of My Friends: Memories and Reflections" James, E p32: London, Continuum, 2003 and Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was ordained deacon in 1930; and priest in 1932.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76 :London, OUP, 1976 His first post was as curate at St Peter, Wolverhampton, and his second as Missioner at Trinity College, Oxford Mission, Stratford, London. He was a Chaplain to the Forces from 1941 to 1946. He held incumbencies at, successively, Bishops Lydeard, Taunton and Bathwick before his appointment as Archdeacon.‘LANCE, Rev. Preb. John Du Boulay’’, 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 8 Oct 2017
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