Pete was born in Devizes, Wiltshire, and was adopted and brought up in Bath, and attended the local Open Brethren with his parents and younger sister. He left school at 16 and began to work for the Civil Service. In 1991 he became a Youth Worker for a Church in Reading, Berkshire and then their Children’s worker and Administrator. In Reading, Pete met Anne who was training to be a nurse, and they married in 1997. Their son Josh was born in 1999 and Essie in 2001.

In 2005 Pete began working for a RE charity in Reading, supporting Schools, Churches and other faiths in developing engaging RE Lessons and Collective Worship across schools in East Reading and Wokingham. Soon afterwards the family started attending St Nicolas Church in Earley and then came the tap on the shoulder for Pete from his Vicar and the family moved to Ripon College Cuddesdon nr Oxford for Pete to study and moved to Salisbury Diocese as a Curate in 2010 in the Benefice of Charminster & Stinsford. In 2014 the family moved to Bridport, Dorset where Pete was appointed the Team Vicar for the Parish of Bridport. Alongside this Pete became the Chaplain to 39 Signal Regiment in the Army Reserve.

During his time in Bridport, Pete led the parish through an interregnum, worked closely with the Town Council, especially during the Pandemic and helped develop the Bridport Community Hub, with the Salisbury Board of Education, a network of organisations including schools and churches seeking to transform the lives of local young people and children. He also worked closely with the head and staff at St Mary’s CE School as their “Vicar” and as a Governor.

Pete & Anne are looking forward to settling into the community of St Martin’s. Anne is a qualified Nurse Practioner and looking forward to working in Jersey. Josh is studying Zoology at Aberystwyth and Essie is studying Drama and Film at Royal Holloway in Egham

Anne enjoys being outside, usually involving the sea and gardening, and Pete enjoys listening to history and military history podcasts, working on 00 gauge model railways and walking the family dogs Tilly & Barney.