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Rev R N Langshaw
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Rev. Reginald Norman Langshaw (1911 -
He was born in Leichhardt, Sydney on 19 January 1911 and trained for the ministry at Moore College between 1932 and 1935. He was the Eleanor Abbot Scholar in 1934.
Rev. Langshaw was the Curate at St Paul’s, Chatswood between 1935 and 1937.
He married his wife, Iris, at St Paul’s in 1937. They had three children, Kenneth, Stuart and Ailsa.
During 1937 -
From 1938 until his retirement in 1976 his appointments were:
Curate – Christ Church, Gladesville, 1938 – 1940
Rector – Prospect & Seven Hills, 1940 – 1944
Rector – Canley Vale & Cabramatta, 1944 – 1945
Rector -
Rector -
Rural Dean – Cook’s River, 1950 – 1954
Rector – St Anne’s Ryde, 1954 – 1963
Rector – St George’s Hurstville, 1963 – 1974
State Secretary B.C.A. 1974 – 1976
In their retirement Rev. and Mrs Langshaw lived at Castle Hill and were involved with the St Paul’s Castle Hill parish. Rev. Langshaw died in 2001 and Mrs Langshaw died in 2002.
Source: Ailsa Crane
Photo courtesy: A Crane