# Arthur Cecil Champion > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arthur_Cecil_Champion > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arthur_Cecil_Champion.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Cecil_Champion > Source revision: 1299531203 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British priest}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = priest | honorific_prefix = [The Reverend](/source/The_Reverend) | name = Arthur Champion | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | church = [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England) | ordination = 1913 (priest) | ordained_by = [Edmund Knox](/source/Edmund_Knox_(bishop_of_Manchester)) | rank = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1889|08|27}} | birth_place = [Rutland](/source/Rutland), England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1977|01|31|1889|08|27}} | death_place = [Sway, Hampshire](/source/Sway%2C_Hampshire), England | buried = | resting_place_coordinates = | religion = [Anglicanism](/source/Anglicanism) | residence = | spouse = {{marriage|Evelyn Helen Guilford|1914||}} | children = | occupation = | education = | alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|[Queens' College, Cambridge](/source/Queens'_College%2C_Cambridge)|[Egerton Hall, Manchester](/source/Egerton_Hall%2C_Manchester)}} }} '''Arthur Cecil Champion''' (27 August 1889 – 31 January 1977) was an [Anglican](/source/Church_of_England) priest and [British Army](/source/British_Army) chaplain.{{Crockford| surname=Champion | forenames=Arthur Cecil | id=21921}} ==Early life and education== Champion was born in [Rutland](/source/Rutland), England, on 27 August 1889. He was the second son of the Rev. Arthur Champion and Ellen Mary Follett. He graduated from [Queens' College, Cambridge](/source/Queens'_College%2C_Cambridge) with a [B.A.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in 1911 and an [M.A.](/source/Master_of_Arts) in 1923, and trained as a clergyman at [Egerton Hall, Manchester](/source/Egerton_Hall%2C_Manchester).{{cite book |author= |date=28 March 2012 |title=Orders, Decorations and Medals |url=https://archive.org/details/ordersdecosmedalsmar2012dixn |via=[Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive) |page=234}} ==Ordained ministry== Champion was ordained as a deacon in 1912 and ordained as a priest in 1913 by [Edmund Knox](/source/Edmund_Knox_(bishop_of_Manchester)), [Bishop of Manchester](/source/Bishop_of_Manchester). He began his career as a curate: first at Saint James Church, [Moss Side](/source/Moss_Side), from 1912 to 1914, and then at [Longridge](/source/Longridge) from 1914 to 1915. Champion was made a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces in 1915. He was then given the vicarship of Christ Church Portsdown in [Waterlooville](/source/Waterlooville), which he held from 1916 to 1923.{{cite web |url=https://www.christchurchportsdown.org/about-us/church-history/vicars/ |title=Vicars |author= |website=Christ Church Portsdown |publisher=Elegant Themes |access-date=11 June 2023}} During this time, he was Headmaster of Boundary Oak School, an independent preparatory school in [Fareham](/source/Fareham).{{cite web |url=https://www.boundaryoakschool.co.uk/welcome/history/ |title=Boundary Oak School History |author= |website=Boundary Oak School |publisher=BO School 2023 |access-date=11 June 2023}}{{cite book |author= |year=1922 |title=The Dial |url=https://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/files/downloads/dial_42_1922_easter.pdf |page=5}} He and his wife, Evelyn Helen Guilford, served as joint principals.{{cite book |last=Whitaker |first=Joseph |year=1923 |title=an almanack for the year of our lord 1923 |url=https://archive.org/details/almanackforyearo0000jose_v7x4 |via=[Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive) |publisher=the british dominions |page=1026}} This was followed by his appointment as vicar of Compton Gifford, Plymouth from 1923 to 1929, and [Christ Church, Clifton Down](/source/Christ_Church%2C_Clifton_Down) from 1929 to 1938. From 1938 to 1951, he was the vicar of [Hambleton](/source/Hambleton%2C_Lancashire). In appreciation of his thirteen years service, he was presented with a painting of the village church of St Peter's & St Paul's by Lady Taylor and Vice Admiral [Bertram Watson](/source/Bertram_Watson). In sharing his thanks with the parishioners, Champion remarked that he was the first vicar over the last three hundred years to leave the parish for another living.{{cite news |author= |date=10 September 1951 |title=Rev. Arthur Champion retired |work=[Portsmouth Evening News](/source/Portsmouth_Evening_News)}} After serving as rector of [South Perrott](/source/South_Perrott) from 1951 to 1956, Champion retired from ministerial duties. {{Portal|Christianity}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Champion, Arthur Cecil}} Category:1889 births Category:1977 deaths Category:People from Rutland Category:Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Category:Alumni of Egerton Hall, Manchester Category:20th-century Church of England clergy Category:Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers Category:English military chaplains --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Arthur Cecil Champion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Cecil_Champion) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Cecil_Champion?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). 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