Arthur Sheppard

Arthur Sheppard (1862–1944) was private secretary to Archbishop Davidson, who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1902 to 1928.

Life Sheppard was born in 1862, the son of Arthur Sheppard of Bedford. He was educated at Bedford Modern School.

On leaving school, Sheppard was apprenticed to the printing trade at the offices of the Bedfordshire Times. Following a journalistic career he became editor of The Windsor and Eton Chronicle.

Arthur Sheppard married Hannah Elizabeth Grice in 1885 in Bedford. Hannah predeceased him and they had no children. He died on 21 November 1944 in Bedford. Some of Sheppard's correspondence is held at the London School of Economics.

Selected works How To Become A Private Secretary. Published by T. Fisher Unwin, 1903