Samuel Crooks OBE TD MA ChStJ
(1920-1986)

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Territorial Decoration recipient, Master of Arts, 1st 'Black Santa', Chaplain of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, Dean of Belfast, and founder of the Dean's 'Sit-out for Charities' (from 1976)

Died aged c. 66

Wikidata Wikipedia

Commemorated on 1 plaque

Albert Bridge on Geograph
Belfast, United Kingdom

Samuel Bennett Crooks 1920-1986 first 'Black Santa'. Founder of the Dean's 'Sit-out for Charities' at the Cathedral steps 1976

St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, United Kingdom where they was