# Frederick MacNutt > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Frederick_MacNutt > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Frederick_MacNutt.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_MacNutt > Source revision: 1347562768 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) British Anglican priest and author The Very Reverend Frederick MacNutt MA Provost of Leicester In office 1927–1938 Personal details Born (1873-09-24)24 September 1873 Died 17 July 1949(1949-07-17) (aged 75) Spouse(s) 1) Hettie Sina (née Bullock); 2) Evelyn May (née Oliver) - [Christianity portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Christianity) **Frederick Brodie MacNutt** (26 September 1873 – 17 July 1949[1]) was an [Anglican](/source/Anglican) [priest](/source/Priest) and [author](/source/Author) in the first half of the 20th century. Born in Brighton to Irish parents, MacNutt was educated at [St Paul's School, London](/source/St_Paul's_School_(London)), and [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge).[2] He earned an Athletics Blue whilst there. He was [ordained](/source/Ordained) in 1898 and was a [curate](/source/Curate) at Holy Trinity, [Beckenham (1898-1901)](/source/Beckenham), and [St James's Church, Piccadilly](/source/St_James's_Church%2C_Piccadilly) (1901-1902).[3] After this he was [curate-in-charge](/source/Priest_in_charge) of Christ Church, [Wimbledon](/source/Wimbledon%2C_London) (1902-1903), then [vicar](/source/Vicar) of St John’s, [Cheltenham](/source/Cheltenham) (1903-1907), and St Matthew’s, [Surbiton](/source/Surbiton) (1907-1918).[4] From 1909 to 1918 he was a [canon](/source/Canon_(priest)) of [Southwark Cathedral](/source/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’.[5] 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.[6] In 1918 he became the [vicar](/source/Vicar) of [St Martin's, Leicester](/source/Leicester_Cathedral), and was appointed [archdeacon](/source/Archdeacon) of Leicester in 1920. He oversaw major works to the interior of the church. When St Martin's Church became a [cathedral](/source/Cathedral) in 1927 he became its first [provost](/source/Provost_(religion)), 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[7] of [Canterbury Cathedral](/source/Canterbury_Cathedral).[8] 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) ## Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "Canon F. B. Macnutt Preacher And Author", *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*, 19 July 1949, p. 9. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Macnutt, Frederick Brodie (MNT894FB)"](https://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2018.pl?sur=&suro=w&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=MNT894FB&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50). *A Cambridge Alumni Database*. University of Cambridge. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [*Who was Who* 1897–2007](/source/Who's_Who) London, [A & C Black](/source/A_%26_C_Black), 2007 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-19-954087-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-954087-7) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** *[Crockford's Clerical Directory](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory) 1947-48*, Oxford: [OUP](/source/OUP), 1947. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Lambeth Palace Library, Davidson 583 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Who Was Who, A&C Black 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Cathedral library"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111009085112/http://www.djshaw.co.uk/cantlibs/cantprov.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.djshaw.co.uk/cantlibs/cantprov.htm) on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2010. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** "Ecclesiastical News", *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*, 6 March 1946, p. 7. Church of England titles Preceded by Inaugural appointment Provost of Leicester 1927– 1934 Succeeded by Herbert Arthur Jones v t e Provosts and Deans of Leicester Provosts Frederick MacNutt Herbert Jones Mervyn Armstrong Richard Mayston John Hughes Alan Warren Derek Hole Vivienne Faull (became Dean) Deans Vivienne Faull (previously Provost) David Monteith Karen Rooms v t e Diocese of Leicester Leicester Cathedral Bishop's Lodge, Knighton Bishop's House, Rothley St Martin's House, Leicester Launde Abbey Office holders Martyn Snow, Bishop of Leicester Saju Muthalaly, Bishop suffragan of Loughborough AEO: Luke Irvine-Capel, Bishop suffragan of Richborough & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Karen Rooms, Dean of Leicester Claire Wood, Archdeacon of Loughborough Richard Trethewey, Archdeacon of Leicester Historic offices Provost of Leicester (1927–2000; see Dean of Leicester) Assistant Bishop of Leicester (1987–2017; see Bishop of Loughborough) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National United States People Trove Other Open Library 2 Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Frederick MacNutt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_MacNutt) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_MacNutt?action=history)). 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