The Ven. Rennie Simpson, LVO, MA (Lambeth) was Archdeacon of Macclesfield from 1978 to 1985.[1]
Born on 13 January 1920,[2] he was educated at Blackburn Technical College.[3] He was ordained after a period of study at Kelham Theological College in 1946 and began his career with a curacy in South Elmsall.[4] After this he was Succentor at Blackburn Cathedral and then Sacrist at St Paul's Cathedral. He was Vicar of John Keble Church, Mill Hill[5] from 1958 to 1963. He was Precentor at Westminster Abbey[6] from 1963 to 1974 when he became a Canon Residentiary.
An Honorary Chaplain to the Queen,[7] he died on 9 January 1997; and his wife Margaret (née Hardy) on 10 November 2010.[8]
