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'''Frederick Brodie MacNutt''' (26 September 1873 – 17 July 1949<ref>"Canon F. B. Macnutt Preacher And Author", ''[[The Times]]'', 19 July 1949, p. 9.</ref>) was an [[Anglican]] [[priest]] and [[author]] in the first half of the 20th century.

Born in Brighton to Irish parents, MacNutt was educated at [[St Paul's School (London)|St Paul's School, London]], and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{acad|id=MNT894FB|name=Macnutt, Frederick Brodie}}</ref> He earned an Athletics Blue whilst there.

He was [[ordained]] in 1898 and was a [[curate]] at Holy Trinity, [[Beckenham|Beckenham (1898-1901)]], and [[St James's Church, Piccadilly]] (1901-1902).<ref>[[Who's Who|''Who was Who'' 1897–2007]] London, [[A & C Black]], 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}}</ref> After this he was [[Priest in charge|curate-in-charge]] of Christ Church, [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]] (1902-1903), then [[vicar]] of St John’s, [[Cheltenham]] (1903-1907), and St Matthew’s, [[Surbiton]] (1907-1918).<ref>''[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]] 1947-48'', Oxford: [[OUP]], 1947.</ref> From 1909 to 1918 he was a [[Canon (priest)|canon]] of [[Southwark Cathedral]]. While at Surbiton, he served from 1915 to 1918 as a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces (TCF), including lecturing at the Chaplains School at St Omer. He accompanied the Archbishop of Canterbury on a visit to the Western Front, conducting a service with 1500 soldiers at which he ‘with a splendid voice, read a shortened service’.<ref>Lambeth Palace Library, Davidson 583</ref> Macnutt had published several books by 1914 and edited ''The Church in the Furnace'' in 1917 in which 17 TCFs contributed essays critical of the Church of England and its leadership.<ref>Who Was Who, A&C Black</ref>

In 1918 he became the [[vicar]] of [[Leicester Cathedral|St Martin's, Leicester]], and was appointed [[archdeacon]] of Leicester in 1920. He oversaw major works to the interior of the church. When St Martin's Church became a [[cathedral]] in 1927 he became its first [[Provost (religion)|provost]], and resigned in 1938. He was chaplain to the king from 1931 until his death. From 1938 until his retirement in 1946 he was a residentiary canon<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.djshaw.co.uk/cantlibs/cantprov.htm |title=Cathedral library |access-date=21 April 2010 |archive-date=9 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009085112/http://www.djshaw.co.uk/cantlibs/cantprov.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> of [[Canterbury Cathedral]].<ref>"Ecclesiastical News", ''[[The Times]]'', 6 March 1946, p. 7.</ref>

MacNutt was married twice, firstly to Hettie Sina Bullock (1973-1945) and shortly after her death to Evelyn May Oliver (1898-1981). He had two children by Hettie: Derrick Somerset (1902-1971) and Margaret Hester (1906-1939).

==Works == *''The Reproach of War: Addresses Given in Southwark Cathedral'' (London: Robert Scott, 1911) *''Advent Certainties: The Throne, the Cross, and the Spirit'' (London: R. Scott, 1913) *''The Church in the Furnace: Essays by Seventeen Temporary Church of England Chaplains on Active Service in France and Flanders'' (London: Macmillan, 1917) *''Classics of the Inner Life'' (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1924) *''The Early Diocese of Leicester'' (Leicester: W. H. Lead, 1926) (Booklet) *''A War Primer: Containing Prayers, Old and New, for public and private use in time of war'' (London: S.P.C.K., 1939) *''Four Freedoms: Atlantic and Christian'' (Leicester: W. Thomley and Son, 1943) (Booklet) *''The Prayer Manual: For Private Devotion or Public Use on Divers Occasions'' (London: A. R. Mowbray, 1951) (830 prayers; based on MacNutt's collection of 1,400 prayers) *''Prayers on the Passion: Compiled from all sources, Ancient, Medieval, and Modern'' (London: A. R. Mowbray; New York: Morehouse-Gorham, 1954)

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