Harold Sharpe
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The Ven Harold Stephen Sharpe (1886–1960) was an Anglican Archdeacon in Africa during the first half of the twentieth century.[1]
Sharpe was born in Beddington; and educated at St Edward's School, Oxford and Keble College, Oxford. He was ordained Deacon in 1910 and Priest in 1911.[2] After curacies in Aston Brook and Handsworth he went out to Southern Africa as a missionary. He was the Director of the Mafeteng Mission from 1916 to 1923; Archdeacon of Basutoland from 1922 to 1924; Archdeacon of Pretoria from 1924 to 1931; and Archdeacon of Damaraland from 1932 to 1936. Returning to England he held incumbencies at Marsham (1936 to 1939); Ditchingham (1939 to 1943); Blairgowrie (1943 to 1946);[3] and South Perrott (1946 to 1951). He retired to Newton Ferrers where he died on 18 October 1960.[4] A daughter was the South African politician Catherine Taylor.
