Eric Milner-White was a founder of the Oratory of the Good Shepherd, an Anglican dispersed community, and served as its superior between 1923 and 1938.
18 Facts About Eric Milner-White
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Eric Milner-White was educated at Harrow School before going to King's College, Cambridge in 1903.
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Eric Milner-White won a scholarship to Cambridge to read history and graduated in 1906 with a double-first and as the recipient of the Lightfoot Scholarship.
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Eric Milner-White served curacies at St Paul's Church, Newington and St Mary Magdalen Woolwich before returning to King's College as chaplain in 1912.
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Eric Milner-White was appointed a lecturer in history at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge at the same time.
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Eric Milner-White then served as an army chaplain during the First World War on both the Western Front and in the Italian Campaign.
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Eric Milner-White was appointed senior chaplain to 7th Infantry Division on 15 February 1917 For his service during this period he was Mentioned in Despatches on 24 December 1917 and awarded the Distinguished Service Order in the 1918 New Year Honours.
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Eric Milner-White resigned his commission on 5 January 1918 and returned to Cambridge.
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Eric Milner-White was a founder of the Oratory of the Good Shepherd and the order's superior from 1923 to 1938.
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Eric Milner-White was re-appointed as an honorary chaplain to the armed forces, 3rd class, on 1 September 1921.
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Eric Milner-White was instrumental in inspiring the composer Herbert Howells to write his Collegium Regale service settings when he challenged Howells to write music for King's College as part of a bet in 1941.
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Eric Milner-White remained at King's until 1941, when he was appointed Dean of York.
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Eric Milner-White served on various national committees and served on the advisory council of the Victoria and Albert Museum from 1944 to 1959 due to his interest in stained-glass windows.
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Eric Milner-White became provost of the northern section of the Woodard Corporation, a charity which runs a number of private schools with a strong Christian ethos and, from 1948 to 1962, was amongst those who produced the New English Bible.
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Eric Milner-White was made an honorary freeman of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers in 1948.
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Eric Milner-White was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters in 1962 by the University of Leeds.
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Eric Milner-White died of cancer in the deanery of York Minster on 15 June 1963.
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Eric Milner-White was godfather to the historian of stained glass Hilary Wayment.