Geoffrey Walton

Geoffrey Elmer Walton (19 February 1934 – 23 July 2020) was Archdeacon of Dorset from 1982^[1] to 2000.

Born on 19 February 1934, he was educated at St John's College, Durham,^[2] and ordained in 1961.^[3] After a curacy in Warsop he was Vicar of Norwell from 1965 to 1969. He then became the Recruitment and Selection Secretary of the ACCM. He was Vicar of Holy Trinity, Weymouth^[4] from 1975 until his Archdeacon’s appointment. He was the Vicar of Witchampton from 1982 to 2000.^[5]

He died on 23 July 2020 at the age of 86.^[6]