Noel, Conrad
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| Birthname | Conrad le Despenser Roden Noel | ||||
| born on | 12 July 1869 at 02:25 (= 02:25 AM ) | ||||
| Place | London, England, 51n30, 0w10 | ||||
| Timezone | GMT h0e (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   19°43'   23°36 Asc. 29°14'
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Biography
English priest of the Church of England, known as the 'Red Vicar' of Thaxted, he was a prominent Christian socialist.
At the behest of Lady Warwick, who supported his Christian socialist views, he served as vicar of Thaxted in Essex from 1910 until his death in 1946. A colourful figure, he stirred up great controversy when he hung three flags in the church: the Union Jack, the Sinn Fein banner and the Hammer and Sickle. In 1918 he formed The Catholic Crusade "to create the demand for the Catholic Faith." A charismatic figure, he wrote and argued for his causes. He died on 2 July 1942 and on his tombstone appear these words: "He loved justice and hated oppression."
Relationships
- friend relationship with Holst, Gustav (born 21 September 1874)
Events
- Work : Begin Major Project 1910 (As vicar of Thaxted)
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes data from Conrad Noel & Sidney Dark's book, Conrad Noel: An Autobiography (J.M. Dent & Sons, 1945), p. 1: "BY the irony of fate, for I have never had any love of monarchy, either limited or unlimited, I was born at 2.25 am on 12th July 1869, in a house on Kew Green, one of the royal cottages inhabited by ladies in waiting to Queen Victoria..."
Categories
- Traits : Personality : Charismatic
- Vocation : Politics : Activist/ social
- Vocation : Politics : Party Affiliation (British Socialist Party)
- Vocation : Religion : Ecclesiastics/ western (Priest)
- Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer
