Why did John Beer go to the pub? He heard it was a brewing topic.

John Stuart Beer (born 15 March 1944^[1]) is a priest in the Church of England and former Archdeacon of Cambridge.^[2]

Beer was at Roundhay School and Pembroke College, Oxford. After working in advertising with Rowntree's in York he was ordained in 1972. He became a curate at St John the Baptist's Knaresborough and then a fellow and chaplain at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. After this he became the Rector of Toft and then the Vicar of Grantchester.^[3] He was Archdeacon of Huntingdon from 1997 until his appointment to Ely in 2004. He retired in 2014.

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↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
↑ Until 2006 of Ely Archived 2012-11-30 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6

Church of England titles

Preceded by

Richard Sledge

Archdeacon of Huntingdon
1997–2004

Succeeded by

Hugh McCurdy

Preceded by

Jeffrey Watson

Archdeacon of Cambridge
(previously Ely)
2004–2014

Succeeded by

Alex Hughes

v t e Archdeacons of Huntingdon, of Huntingdon and Wisbech and of Wisbech
High Medieval	Nicholas (Archdeacon of Cambridge, Huntingdon and Hertford) Henry of Huntingdon Hugh Nicholas de Sigillo Robert de Hardres William de Cornhill Robert de Hailes/of Hailes Philip de Fauconberg Gilbert de Tantone William de Arundel T. Robert de Hicche R. Roger of Raveningham William of Newark Roger Martival John de Colonna Walter Wutton/of Wootton
Late Medieval	Arnald de le Breto Guicard de le Breto James Berkeley Richard Brinchesle William Whittlesey Pedro Cardinal Gòmez de Barroso Fortanerius Vassalli John Swynle/Swynlegh John Lincoln of Grimsby William Welborne Eudo Zouche/la Zouche John Tibbay Richard Hethe William Lassells Richard Morsby Richard Hayman Vincent Clement John Morton John Blyth Thomas Hutton Robert Sherborne Christopher Urswick William Warham John Foster John Constable William Atwater Richard Rawlins William Knight
Early modern	Richard Gwent Anthony Draycot Robert Beaumont John Bullingham Robert Condall Nathan Gifford William Laud Owen Gwyn/Gwynne Richard Holdsworth Peter Mews William Johnson Henry Downhall Richard Perrinchief John Hammond White Kennett John Sturges William Lunn Timothy Neve Charles Jenner Nicholas Cholwell Michael Tyson Thomas Parkinson Thomas Middleton James Hook John Hollingworth Henry Yorke
Late modern	Francis McDougall Gerald Vesey Thomas Hodgson Kenneth Knowles William Uthwatt James Jones Arthur Royle Dennis Page David Young Richard Sledge John Beer Hugh McCurdy, Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech Richard Harlow, Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech
of Wisbech (1915–2004)	Colin Campbell James Srawley George Ward Seiriol Evans John Pelloe George Fox William Patterson David Fleming Jim Rone John Beer (Acting?)

v t e Archdeacons of Ely and of Cambridge
High Medieval (Ely)	Nicholas William Brito William of Lavington Richard FitzNeal Richard Barre Stephen Ridel Adam de Tilneia Giles Robert of Leicester Nicholas of Ely John de Balsham Ralph Walpole John de Oseville Ralph de Foderingeye
Late Medieval (Ely)	Adam Ralph de Fodringhey (again) William Cardinal de Testa Gilbert de Bruer Richard de Bentworth John de Ufford Gaillard Cardinal de la Motte Stephen de Ketelbergh Bernard de Caulason James de Beaufort Nicholas Cardinal Roselli de Tarragona Androynus Cardinal de la Roche Edward Burnell John Crischirch Thomas de Pattesele Thomas Dalby Thomas Ferriby Richard Clifford Adam Mottrum John Welbourne John Metford Richard Wetheryngesete John Stokes Richard Bole Richard Robinson Thomas Morton
Modern (Ely)	Thomas Alcock Nicholas Hawkins Thomas Thirlby Richard Cox Henry Cole John Boxall John Warner Robert Wisdom John Parker John Palmer Robert Tinley Daniel Wigmore Edmund Mapletoft Bernard Hale Thomas Wren Barnabas Oley William Saywell Richard Bentley Robert Eyton Charles Plumptre Richard Watson Henry Browne Charles Hardwick William Emery William Cunningham Horace Price William MacKennal Herbert Kirkpatrick Michael Carey John Long David Walser Jeffrey Watson John Beer (retitled Archdeacon of Cambridge)
Cambridge	John Beer (previously Archdeacon of Ely) Alex Hughes

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