Ingram Cleasby

Who was Ingram Cleasby?

Ingram Cleasby was Dean of Chester in the latter part of the 20th century.

He was born on 27 March 1920 and educated at Sedbergh and Magdalen College, Oxford. After World War II service with the Border Regiment he was ordained in 1954. Initially a Curate at Huddersfield Parish Church he became Chaplain to the Archbishop of York in 1952. Following this he was Anglican Chaplain to the University of Nottingham and then Archdeacon of Chesterfield before his elevation to the Deanery. Described in his Daily Telegraph obituary as a “broad, inclusive, traditional Anglican” he died on 9 February 2009.