Priest and social reformer.  Born Australia to parents who were there as missionaries.  Educated in England.  Vicar of Christ Church, Watney Street from 1929-48.  Held left-wing views that he acted upon to the extent of suffering a broken nose at the Battle of Cable Street.  1948 he became warden, and later master, of the Royal Foundation of St Katharine, Died at Oxford.
The drawing of Groser is by Ronald Searle and the picture source website gives a full biography of Groser.
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Reverend St John Groser
The Reverend St John Groser, 1890 - 1966, priest and social reformer, lived h...
Naval officer.  Governor of Greenwich Hospital, July 1847 until his death.  Died at Greenwich. Â
Chairman of the managers that ran the 1873-75 changes at Aske’s Hospital. Lord Mayor of London 1874-5.
Politician. Born in Edinburgh. He entered parliament in 2005, and in 2010 after the formation of the coalition government, was appointed Secretary of State for Education. He was criticised by the c...
Carpenter and Lord Mayor in 1956.
Architect and surveyor. Churchwarden of St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe. He and his sons, Banister Flight Fletcher and Herbert Phillips Fletcher, formed the architectural practice: Banister Fletcher &...
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