Person Open DS/UK/22452 Reckitt; Maurice (19 May 1888-1 January 1980); English Anglo-Catholic and Christian socialist writer Reckitt Maurice 19 May 1888-1 January 1980 English Anglo-Catholic and Christian socialist writer Male Maurice Benington Reckitt Beverley, Yorkshire, England (born)

Roehampton, London, England (died)

Writer / Speaker; Author, religious Married Evelyn Aimée in 1920 Maurice Benington Reckitt was a leading English Anglo-Catholic and Christian socialist writer. He edited Christendom: A Journal of Christian Sociology from 1931 to 1950. He founded the charity Christendom Trust. Reckitt was born on 19 May 1888 in Beverley, Yorkshire, to Arthur Benington Reckitt and Helen Annie Thomas. He graduated from St John's College, Oxford, in 1907 with second-class honours in history. At Oxford, and elsewhere throughout his life, he studied under Sir Ernest Barker, H. A. L. Fisher, G. K. Chesterton, A. R. Orage, Neville Figgis, P. E. T. Widdrington, and V. A. Demant. Earlier in his life, he was a supporter of guild socialism and a founder of the National Guilds League. He presented the Scott Holland Memorial Lectures in 1946. Reckitt was a leading player and croquet administrator winning the Men's Championship twice (1935 and 1946). Reckitt was on the Council of the Croquet Association between 1929 and 1975, serving as Chairman (1937 to 1939), Vice President (1962 to 1967) and President (1967 to 1975). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Reckitt (July 2019) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHAKirkbride 7/8/2019 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 83887165-122e-4d28-890f-fe13f1da9322