Bill Hardie

Archibald George "Bill" Hardie was Archdeacon of West Cumberland from 1971 until 1979.
The son of the Most Rev. William George Hardie, he was educated at St. [Lawrence College, Ramsgate]; Trinity College, Cambridge and Westcott [House, Cambridge]; and ordained in 1935. After a curacy at All [Hallows, Lombard Street] he was Chaplain at Repton School from 1936 to 1938; Vicar of St Alban, Golders Green from 1938 to 1944; Rector of Hexham Abbey from 1944 to 63; and Vicar and Rural Dean of Halifax from 1963 until 1971.