Richard Third

The Rt Revd Richard Third MA(Cantab)
Bishop of Dover
Diocese	Diocese of Canterbury
In office	1980–1992
Predecessor	Tony Tremlett
Successor	Richard Llewellin
Other posts	Bishop of Maidstone (1976–1980)
Orders
Ordination	1952 (deacon); 1953 (priest)
Consecration	1976
Personal details
Born	September 27, 1927
Died	May 5, 2016 (aged 88) Scotland
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Henry McPhail & Marjorie Third
Spouse	Helen Illingworth (m. 1966)
Children	2 daughters
Alma mater	Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Richard Henry McPhail Third (b 29 September 1927, d 5 May 2016) was an Anglican bishop in the Church of England.^[1]

Third was educated at Reigate Grammar School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge^[2] before studying for ordination at Lincoln Theological College. He began his ordained ministry as a curate at St Andrew’s Mottingham.^[3] He was Vicar of Sheerness ^[4] He was then the Rural Dean of Orpington before his ordination to the episcopate as the Bishop of Maidstone in 1976. He was translated to be the Bishop of Dover in 1980 to assist Robert Runcie, the then Archbishop of Canterbury.^[5] He retired in 1992 to the west of England, but died in Scotland on 5 May 2016.

References

1. Debrett’s People of Today: Ed Ellis,P (1992, London, Debtrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2)
2. Who's Who 1992 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3514-2
3. Church details
4. Crockford's clerical directory London, Church House 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
5. The Times, 3 June 1980; pg. 4; Issue 60641; col B, Church change to ease work of archbishop