Harry Viener
Harry Dan Leigh Viener, CBE, UCd'I (26 December 1868 – 7 May 1947) was an eminent Anglican Chaplain in the first half of the 20th century. In 1918, he joined the fledgling Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch as its first Chaplain-in-Chief. Early life and education Viener was born on 26 December 1868 in Blackpool, England, and initially lived at The White House, the family home, in nearby Poulton-le-Fylde. He was educated at Malvern College, then an all-boys public school in Malvern, Worcestershire. He studied at St John's College, Oxford. In 1890, he was awarded a Casberd exhibition. On 5 October 1882, he was commissioned into the 1st (Oxford University) Volunteer Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, as a second lieutenant; nicknamed the Oxford University Volunteers, this battalion was the precursor to the Oxford University Officers' Training Corps. He resigned his commission on 25 March 1893. From 1892 to 1899, he was a schoolmaster and private tutor. Ordained ministry Viener was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1899 and as a priest in 1900. He served his curacy at St Peter's Church, Walsall, in the Diocese of Lichfield. On 12 November 1901, Viener was commissioned as a chaplain of