The Cleaver Ordination Candidates Fund was founded under the Will of Mrs Friederica Frances Swinburne, who died on 14 April 1916. It is thought to have been named after the Revd William Henry Cleaver (1834-1909), whose son was one of the original Trustees. He died in July 1909, just over a year before Mrs Swinburne signed her Will. The Revd W H Cleaver
As will be seen from the list of the initial Trustees and the power given to Viscount Halifax to appoint new Trustees, the Fund was founded within a definite Anglican Catholic tradition. All applicants must therefore submit a brief theological statement expressing their understanding of this tradition and supporting their claim to stand within it. The Trustees received a generous legacy from Canon Professor Joshua Roy Porter (1921-2006), Professor of Theology at Exeter University, who was Chairman of the Trustees from 1988 to 2001. The Roy Porter Fund enables an annual study day to be held at Pusey House, Oxford, for ordinands and deacons. N.B. The photograph of W H Cleaver is reproduced by permission of St Peter's Home and Sisterhood and Surrey History Centre: Copyright of St Peter's Home and Sisterhood. |
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