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Hugh HeywoodHugh Christopher Lemprière Heywood (5 November 1896 – 8 May 1987) was an Anglican priest[1] and author[2] in the mid 20th century. Heywood was born on 5 November 1896[3][page needed] to Lt.-Col. Charles Christopher Heywood and Mildred Ella (née Lemprière).[4] He was educated at Haileybury and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a descendant of the banker Sir Benjamin Heywood, 1st Baronet.[5] After World War I service with the Manchester Regiment,[6] Heywood transferred to the British Indian Army in 1917 and was attached to the 74th Punjabis. He served as a staff captain from 1919 until 1922. During his service, he was mentioned in dispatches and wounded.[citation needed] He retired in January 1923. He then returned to England, studied at Cambridge University and was ordained at Ely in 1926.[3] He held curacies at St Andrew the Great in Cambridge and Holy Cross, Greenford, after which he was a Fellow, Tutor and Dean at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge until 1945. From then until 1969 he was Provost of Southwell Minster.[citation needed] He spent the remaining years of his life as vicar of Upton, Nottinghamshire.[7] He died on 8 May 1987.[3] In 1920 he had married Margaret Marion Vizard.[8] They had two children.[4] Notes
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