Stanley Booth-Clibborn

Who was Stanley Booth-Clibborn?

Stanley Eric Francis Booth-Clibborn was an Anglican bishop in the late 20th century. He was educated at Highgate School. After wartime service with the Royal Artillery and three years at Oriel College, Oxford he was ordained in 1952. Following a curacy in Heeley he was Training Secretary to the Christian Council of Kenya from 1956–63 and then editor-in-chief of the East African Venture Newspapers, Nairobi. From 1967 he was the Leader of the Lincoln City Centre Team Ministry and then Vicar of St Mary the Great, University Church, Cambridge until his ordination to the episcopate.

He was the grandson of Arthur Clibborn and Kate Booth, the daughter of Salvation Army founder William Booth.