Basil Carter


The Venerable Basil Carter was Archdeacon of Cleveland from 1938 until his death.
The son of The Rev. Charles Clement Carter, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Carter was a teacher from 1900 to 1907 when he entered Ripon College Cuddesdon. After curacies in Battersea and Armley he was a Chaplain to the Forces from 1916 to 1917. He held incumbencies in Leeds ; Ilkley ; Scarborough ; and Stokesley.