# Fred Secombe

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{{Short description|British writer (1918–2016)}}
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'''Rev. Frederick Thomas Secombe''' (31 December 1918 – 9 December 2016) was a Welsh Anglican clergyman and author, best known as the older brother of [Harry Secombe](/source/Harry_Secombe).

Born in Swansea, Secombe was named after his father, and was a graduate of [St David's College, Lampeter](/source/St_David's_College%2C_Lampeter). An ordained deacon and priest in [The Church in Wales](/source/The_Church_in_Wales), he served his first assistant curacy in South Wales, later as a vicar.  He later moved to [St. Mary's Church, Hanwell](/source/St._Mary's_Church%2C_Hanwell), as rector, in West  London and was appointed [prebendary](/source/prebendary) of [St Paul's Cathedral](/source/St_Paul's_Cathedral), London. He was the author of ten humorous books based on his experiences as a vicar in South Wales.<ref name="Larsen2007">{{cite book|last=Larsen|first=David L.|title=Oracles and Odysseys of the Clergy: Images of the Ministry in Western Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EbjSJCQBw-UC&pg=PA43|accessdate=31 August 2010|date=November 2007|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=978-1-4343-3079-6|page=43}}</ref> Secombe encouraged [Michael Bentine](/source/Michael_Bentine) to create ''[Potty Time](/source/Michael_Bentine's_Potty_Time)'', as therapy after the death of Bentine's son in an aeroplane crash.<ref name="park1">{{YouTube|XlNUjGNcMEY|Interview with Michael Bentine on Pebble Mill}}</ref>

Secombe died on 9 December 2016, aged 97.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/tributes-to-sir-harry-secombe-s-brother-and-author-rev-fred-secombe-who-has-died-at-98/story-29977495-detail/story.html|title=Tributes to Sir Harry Secombe's brother and author Rev Fred Secombe who has died at 98|publisher=[South Wales Evening Post](/source/South_Wales_Evening_Post)|author=Chris Peregrine|date=2016-12-12|accessdate=2016-12-12}}</ref>

==Novels==
*''How Green was my Curate'' (1989)
*''A Curate for all Seasons'' (1990)
*''Goodbye Curate'' (1992)
*''Hello Vicar!'' (1994)
*''A Comedy of Clerical Errors'' (1995)
*''The Crowning Glory'' (1996)
*''Pastures New'' (1997)
*''The Changing Scenes of Life'' (1998)
*''Mr. Rural Dean'' (2000)
*''Two Vandals and a Wedding'' (2001)

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