• The Rev Michael Newman obituary

    The Rev Michael Newman obituary
    My father, Michael Newman, who has died aged 90, was the last Methodist minister to become principal of the National Children’s Home (NCH) and he presided over the first crucial steps in its transformation into the charity now called Action for Children.The third child of Arthur Newman, also a Methodist minister, and Ida (nee Thompson), Michael was born at Warsop in Nottinghamshire. He trained for the ministry at Wesley House, Cambridge, after graduating in politics, philosophy and economi

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