The Venerable Robert Edward Vernon Hanson, OBE, MA (29 March 1866 – 7 February 1947), was an eminentLondon Gazette 1 July 1921 Anglican Chaplain in the first half of the 20th century.
Hanson was born on 29 March 1866"Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 and educated at King's College London and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1895The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Friday, 1 February 1895; Issue 17730.University IntelligenceThe Times Friday, 1 February 1895; pg. 7; Issue 34489; col F and after a curacy at St John's, Richmond,Church Details joined the Army Chaplains' Department as Chaplain to the Forces (4th class, ranking as captain) on 10 December 1900. He was a Chaplain to the British Armed Forces and instructor until 1918.London Gazette 26 November 1918 He served in the South African War and in Aldershot, Egypt, Dublin, Deepcut, MaltaMalta Family History and the Great War where he was mentioned in dispatches. He joined the fledgling RAF Chaplaincy ServiceSupplement to the Edinburgh Gazette 5 June 1919 as Assistant Chief ChaplainLondon Gazette 13 August 1920 and became its Archdeacon (Chaplain-in-Chief)29 May 1928 in 1926. An Honorary Chaplain to the KingHon. Chaplain to the King The Times Wednesday, 30 May 1928; pg. 17; Issue 44906; col E he retired in 193023 December 1930Flight Global and died on 7 February 1947.Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP, 1947
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