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New temple president

Published: Saturday, Feb. 14, 2004

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Barbara and Rowland Elvidge

Rowland E. Elvidge, 67, St. Albans Ward, St. Albans England Stake; called as president of the London England Temple; succeeding President George Howell Jones. President Elvidge's wife, Barbara J. Elvidge, will serve as temple matron. President Elvidge is a former Area Authority Seventy, mission president, stake president, bishop and branch president. He is retired. He was born in Sedgefield, England, to Edward and Winefred Dodds Elvidge.

Sister Elvidge is a former stake Primary president, ward Relief Society and Young Women president and seminary teacher. She was born in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, to Herbert Harbon and Maud Prince.