About: John Lance (priest)

John Du Boulay Lance (14 March 1907 – 4 September 1991) was a British Church of England priest, most notably Archdeacon of Wells from 1963 until 1973. Lancewas educated at Marlborough; Jesus College, Cambridge; and Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was ordained deacon in 1930; and priest in 1932. His first post was as curate at St Peter, Wolverhampton, and his second as Missioner at Trinity College, Oxford Mission, Stratford, London. He was a Chaplain to the Forces from 1941 to 1946. He held incumbencies at, successively, Bishops Lydeard, Taunton and Bathwick before his appointment as Archdeacon.