(Arthur) Stretton Reeve (11 June 1907 – 27 January 1981[1]) was Bishop of Lichfield from 1953[2] until 1 December 1974.[3]
Born into an ecclesiastical family, son of The Reverend Arthur Reeve and his wife Violet Inez[4] Reeve was educated at Brighton College and Selwyn College, Cambridge. He rowed for the winning Cambridge eight in the 1930 Boat Race.
Reeve's first post after ordination was as a curate in Putney (1930-32) after which he was Domestic Chaplain to Cyril Garbett as Bishop of Winchester (1932-36). Subsequently he was Vicar of Highfield, Hampshire (1936-43).[5] From 1943 he was Vicar and Rural Dean of Leeds[6][failed verification] and an Honorary Canon of Ripon Cathedral (1947-53) before his elevation to the episcopate as Bishop of Lichfield in 1953.[7]
Reeve also served as Chaplain to King George VI from 1945 to 1952 and to Queen Elizabeth II 1952 to 1953.[8]
After retirement from the episcopacy Reeve lived at Huntington Green, Ashford Carbonell, Shropshire.[8]
Reeve married Flora Montgomery McNeill in 1936, by whom he had a son and two daughters.
