HC Deb 02 August 1916 vol 85 c324W
Mr. STANTON

asked the President of the Local Government Board if he can state the number of persons in holy orders in the United Kingdom who are of military age?

Mr. LONG

I have no precise information; but according to the Census of 1911 the number of clergymen, priests, and ministers of all denominations under forty-five years of age was 22,320—of these some 17,500 may be estimated to have been between eighteen and forty-one.

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