Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie
(1921-2000), Archbishop of CanterburySitter in 5 portraits
Runcie studied classics at Brasenose College, Oxford. His student years were broken by the Second World War in which he served as a tank commander and earned the Military Cross. On completing his degree he trained for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge. He served as Fellow and Dean of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, from 1956-60. In 1960 Runcie became principal of an theological college near Oxford and in 1970 was appointed Bishop of St Alban. In 1980 he was enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury, a position he held until 1991.
Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 23 July 1981
NPG P1913
Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie
by Antony Barrington Brown
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 7 February 1957
NPG x104749
Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie
by Denis Waugh
chromogenic print, September 1981
NPG x134841
Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie
by Franta Provaznik
yellow-toned bromide print, 1987
NPG x31003
Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie
by Antony Barrington Brown
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 29 April 1957
NPG x181741
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