Ian Hugh White-Thomson (18 December 1904 – 11 January 1997)"The Very Rev Ian White-Thomson", The Times (London, England), 14 January 1997; p. 23. was an AnglicanPiltsdown peals priest and Dean of Canterbury"Dean defends secrecy over closure of choir school", The Times (London, England), 15 December 1971, p. 3. from 1963New Dean Of Canterbury Chosen. The Times (London, England), Monday, May 13, 1963; pg. 12; Issue 55699 to 1976.Dean plans to retire. The Times (London, England), Friday, Dec 12, 1975; pg. 2; Issue 59576
The son of a former Bishop of Ely, White-Thomson was educated at Harrow School,Harrow Photos where he was a Monitor and in the Football XI, and Brasenose.“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 He was ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1930 and began his career as a Curate at St Mary's, Ashford, Kent.Crockford's Clerical Directory Oxford, OUP, 1948 After this he was Rector of St Martin and St Paul, CanterburyNational Archives then ChaplainNational Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives toLambeth Palace Library three successiveBBC - WW2 People's War - Baedecker Raid of 42 Archbishops of Canterbury. He was a governor of his old school from 1947 to 1962 and archdeacon of Northumberland from Ecclesiastical News. The Times (London, England), Monday, Oct 18, 1954; pg. 8; Issue 53065 1955 to 1963. In 1971 was made an honorary doctor of civil law by the University of Kent;Honorary graduates 1970-79 - About Kent -University of Kent and in 1976 a Freeman of the City of Canterbury.
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