Ronald Irwin
Ronald John Beresford Irwin, was the first Archdeacon of Dorking, serving two years until his death aged 49.Life and career
Born on 1 August 1880, Irwin was educated at Winchester College and Keble College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1905 and was a chaplain in India from 1909 to 1923 and a chaplain to the Forces during World War One achieving the DSO and MC and Vicar of Lillington from 1922 to 1927. By Order in Council, a second Archdeaconry was added to the Diocese of Guildford on 17 August 1928 leading to a brief tenure in this new post as Irwin died on 8 July 1930 in the Brighton Registration District of the neighbouring county of Sussex aged 49.
