{{Short description|British Anglican priest (1867–1967)}} {{for|the British hematologist and amateur astronomer|Reginald Lawson Waterfield}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} alt=Waterfield, photographed in connection with the Synod of the Clergy of the Diocese of Hereford, 18 May 1927.|thumb| Waterfield, photographed in connection with the Synod of the Clergy of the Diocese of Hereford, 18 May 1927. '''Reginald Waterfield ''' (20 December 1867 – 8 March 1967) was an Anglican priest<ref>[http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/Archives/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=NaviTree.tcl&dsqField=RefNo&dsqItem=Bell/184-368/192/282-5,%20303 National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives]</ref> in the 20th century.<ref>The Times, Thursday, Mar 09, 1967; pg. 14; Issue 56885; col F ''Very Rev. R. Waterfield Former Dean And Headmaster''</ref>

==Education and career== He was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford,<ref>The Times, Friday, May 03, 1895; pg. 10; Issue 34567; col B ''University Intelligence''</ref> and was ordained in 1897.<ref>''Ordinations Durham'' The Times Tuesday, Sep 21, 1897; pg. 8; Issue 35314; col F</ref> He was assistant master at Rugby School,<ref name=doh1>{{cite book|last=Moir|first=Prebendary A.L.|title=Deans of Hereford|year=1968|publisher=Orphans Printing Press|page=54}}</ref> then Principal of Cheltenham College, then Archdeacon of Cirencester (renamed Archdeacon of Cheltenham in 1919).<ref>Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941</ref> In 1919 he became Dean of Hereford,<ref>''The New Dean Of Hereford'' The Times Monday, Dec 22, 1919; pg. 9; Issue 42289; col B</ref> a post he held until his retirement in 1947.<ref>"Hereford Cathedral: a history" Aylmer, G/Tiller, J: London, Hambledon, 2000 {{ISBN|1-85285-194-5}}</ref> He died in March 1967 aged 99 years and, following cremation, his ashes were buried in the Lady Arbour at Hereford Cathedral.<ref name=doh2>{{cite book|title=Deans of Hereford|page=56}}</ref>

==Freemasonry== Waterfield was a prominent Freemason, and served as Provincial Grand Master of Herefordshire from 1923 to 1946.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://lafayette.org.uk/wat23114b.html |title = Sitter: Very Rev. Reginald Waterfield (1867-1967). |publisher = V&A Lanayette Negative Archive |access-date = 28 May 2018 }}</ref> The Dean Waterfield Lodge No 8089 in Hereford is named after him. He and his Bishop, Hensley Henson, were both founders of the Cantilupe Lodge No 4083,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.herefordshiremasons.org.uk/cantilupe.html |title = Cantilupe Lodge - No 4083 |publisher = Provincial Grand Lodge of Herefordshire |access-date = 28 May 2018 |archive-date = 10 July 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120710203919/http://www.herefordshiremasons.org.uk/cantilupe.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> named after Thomas de Cantilupe of Hereford.

==Family== Reginald Lawson Waterfield (1900-1986), haematologist and astronomer, was his son.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/4640|title=Munks Roll Details for Reginald Lawson Waterfield|website=munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk|access-date=2017-11-19}}</ref>

==References== {{Portal|Christianity}} {{reflist}} {{S-start}} {{S-rel|en}} {{S-bef|before=John Sinclair}} {{S-ttl|title=Archdeacon of Cirencester|years=1919–''1919''}} {{S-aft|after=Himself|as=Archdeacon of Cheltenham}} {{S-bef|before=Himself|as=Archdeacon of Cirencester}} {{S-ttl|title=Archdeacon of Cheltenham|years=''1919''–1919}} {{S-aft|after=George Gardner}} {{S-bef|before=Wentworth Leigh}} {{S-ttl|title=Dean of Hereford|years=1919&ndash;1946 }} {{S-aft|after=Hedley Burrows}} {{S-end}} {{Deans of Hereford}} {{Diocese of Hereford}} {{Archdeacons of Cheltenham}} {{Diocese of Gloucester}}

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