Thomas Forman (priest)

Thomas Pears Gordon Forman^[1] (b Repton^[2] 27 January 1885 - 22 November 1965^[3]) was Archdeacon of Lindisfarne from 1944^[4] until 1955.^[5]

Forman was educated at Shrewsbury^[6] and Pembroke College, Cambridge. After a curacy at Kenilworth he was an Assistant Master at his old school until wartime service as a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces. Following a further curacy in York he was Chaplain to the Duke of Portland until 1924.^[7] After this he was Rector of Bothal for twenty years until his Archdeacon’s appointment.^[8]