Donald Tait

Tait in 1929

Donald Tait (1862 – 24 September 1932) was an Anglican priest, most notably Archdeacon of Rochester and canon residential of Rochester Cathedral from 1915 until his death.

Tait was educated at Marlborough; Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1888 and was chaplain at Trinity College, Glenalmond then curate at Malvern Wells. He was vicar of Bromley from 1904 and rural dean of Rochester from 1909, relinquishing both posts when appointed a cathedral-based archdeacon.

Notes

  1. ↑ Obituary: Archdeacon Tait, The Times (London, England), Monday, 26 September 1932; pg. 17; Issue 46248
  2. ↑ "Tait, Ven. Donald, (1862–24 Sept. 1932), Archdeacon and Canon of Rochester, 1915; Vice-Dean, 1924", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U217911, retrieved 14 January 2026
  3. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1898 : London, Horace Cox, 1908
  4. ↑ National Archives