George Philip Chorley Crosfield OBE (9 September 1924 – 13 March 2013) was an eminent Anglican priest in the latter part of the 20th century.[1]
He was born on 9 September 1924 and educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh and Selwyn College, Cambridge.[2]
After wartime service with the Royal Artillery, during which he saw action in Normandy in 1944, Germany in 1945 and was then posted to India, he was ordained in 1952 and began his career with a curacy at St David's, Pilton, Edinburgh[3] and subsequently at St. Andrew's Church, St. Andrews, where he was also Anglican chaplain to the university. It was here that he met his wife, Susan Martin, an undergraduate who was president of the Anglican Society.
He was appointed Rector of St Cuthbert's, Hawick[4] in 1955 and he and Susan were married in the summer of 1956. After 5 years, Crosfield was asked to be Chaplain of Gordonstoun School and his appointment coincided with the arrival at the school of the young Prince Charles, whom he later prepared for confirmation.
In 1968, he was appointed Vice-Provost and Canon Residentiary at St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, but, following Patrick Rodger's departure to be Bishop of Manchester, he became its Provost in 1970,[5] a post he was to hold until retirement 20 years later. During his time at the cathedral, he founded St. Mary's Music School, which had grown out of the St. Mary's Cathedral Choir School. The Music School opened its doors in 1972, with Yehudi Menuhin as its patron.
In the 1980s, horrified by the effects of unemployment on young people, Crosfield set up the St. Mary's Cathedral Workshop, which has looked after the fabric of the Victorian Cathedral whilst training apprentice stonemasons and reviving the skills and trades associated with old buildings that were in danger of disappearing.
Moving to Penicuik, near Edinburgh, in retirement, he continued his work as a priest as part of the Ministry Team of St. James the Less Episcopal Church.
^ALISON SHAW Published on Wednesday 27 March 2013 00:00. "Obituary: The Rev Canon Philip Crosfield, OBE, soldier and priest - Obituaries". Scotsman.com. Retrieved 27 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^Who's Who2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
^"Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
^Crockford's clerical directory Lambeth, Church House, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
^The Times, Wednesday, 25 March 1970; pg. 14; Issue 57827; col G Church News: New Provost of Edinburgh
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