Percy Hartill
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The Ven. Percy Harthill (10 February 1892 in Willenhall – 2 December 1964 in Newent) was an Anglican priest and author.
Harthill was educated at New College, Oxford and Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was ordained deacon in 1916; and priest in 1917. After a curacy at Christ Church, West Bromwich he was Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Lichfield, and a Lecturer at Lichfield Theological College. He was Vicar and Rural Dean of West Bromwich from 1930 to 1935; Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Lichfield from 1930 to 1955; Proctor in Convocation for Diocese of Lichfield from 1931 to 1955; Prebendary of Ufton Decani in Lichfield Cathedral from 1935 to 1956; and Rector of Stoke Minster and the Archdeacon of Stoke-on-Trent from 1935 to 1955. He was also President of the Anglican Pacifist Fellowship from 1939 until his death ; Prolocutor of the Lower House of Convocation of Canterbury from 1955 to 1956.