Geoffrey Hilder

Geoffrey Frank Hilder (17 July 1906 - 6 February 1988) was Archdeacon of Taunton from 1951 until 1971.

Hilder was educated at Uppingham School; Lincoln College, Oxford; the Inner Temple; and Ely Theological College. He ws Called to the Bar in 1930. He was ordained Deacon in 1931; and Priest in 1932. He was Rector of Ruardean from 1937 to 1941; Vicar of St Stephen, Cheltenham from 1941 to 1948; and Vicar of Hambridge from 1948 to 1959. He was Prolocutor of the Lower House of Convocation of Canterbury from 1955 to 1970; a Director of Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Ltd from 1957 to 1961 a Prebendary of Wells Cathedral from 1951 to 1973; and Provost of the Western Division of the Woodard Corporation from 1960 to 1970.