STRATON, NORMAN DUMENIL JOHN: Church of England, bishop of Soder and Man; b. at Somershall (13 m. w. of Derby), Derbyshire, Nov. 4, 1840. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A., 1862), and was ordained priest in 1865. He was curate of Market Drayton 1865-66, vicar of Kirkby Wharfe, Yorkshire, 1866-75, and vicar and rural dean of Wakefield 1875-92. In 1892 he was consecrated bishop of Sodor and Man, of which he has also been dean since 1895. He was proctor in York Convocation for the archdeaconry of Craven, 1880-85; honorary canon of Ripon, 1883-88, and of Wakefield Cathedral, 1888-92; and archdeacon of Huddersfield in 1888-92. In theology he is an Evangelical Churchman, opposed to the ritualistic movement. He has written Thoughts for Communicants (London, 1905).