How to Pronounce Basil Jellicoe
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Feb 05, 1899 Died on 24 Aug 1935 (aged 36)
British reformer
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About Basil Jellicoe
- John Basil Lee Jellicoe (5 February 1899 - 24 August 1935) was a priest in the Church of England best known for his work as a housing reformer. Jellicoe was born in Chailey, Sussex.
- A graduate of Magdalen College Oxford, he later studies at St.
- Stephen's House, Oxford and was ordained as an Anglican priest and became missioner at the Magdalen Mission at St Mary's Church in Somers Town, London.
- He was founder of the St Pancras Housing Association (originally the St Pancras House Improvement Society) and several other housing associations in London, Sussex and Cornwall.
- He toured the country in his small car fundraising and selling loan stock to fund these projects.
- His father, Thomas Harry Lee Jellicoe, rector of St Peter's Chailey, was a cousin of John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe. Jellicoe died in Uxbridge on 24 August 1935.
- A blue plaque was unveiled in his honour in Camden in 2014.
- He is commemorated in the Diocese of London with a memorial day on 24 August.
- The annual Jellicoe Sermon at Magdalen College is named in his honour.
