Edwin Le Grice

LE GRICE, Frederick Edwin. b. Harleston, Norfolk, 14 December 1911; d. Ripon, North Yorkshire, 25 June 1992. Educated at Queen’s College, Cambridge, Edwin Le Grice was ordained in the Church of England in 1936 and served curacies in Leeds and Paignton before becoming Vicar of Totteridge, Greater London. He later became a residentiary canon at St Albans Cathedral before his appointment as Dean of Ripon Cathedral, a post he held from 1968 until his retirement in 1984. Several texts by Le Grice appeared in small collections, including Five Instant Glorias and a Creed (1991), and Sing Together: Bible Songs and Canticles (1992); the latter includes paraphrases of canticles found in the Church of...