The Ven. Robert Sydney Dell, MA (20 May 1922 – 19 January 2008) was Archdeacon of Derby from 1973[1] to 1992.[2]
He was educated at Harrow County School for Boys, Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Ridley Hall, Cambridge.[3] He was ordained in 1948.[4] His first posts were curacies in Islington and Cambridge. He was then successively: Chaplain at Wrekin College., Vicar of Mildenhall, Suffolk, Vice-Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Vicar of Chesterton, Cambridge and Canon Residentiary at Derby Cathedral.