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Francis Graham Brown

This British surname is barrelled, being made up of multiple names. It should be written as Graham-Brown, not Brown.
Bishop Francis Graham-Brown leading a procession in 1936, with (among others) General Dill and the High Commissioner Wauchope

George Francis Graham-Brown OBE[1] (27 January 1891 – 23 November 1942) was an Anglican bishop[2] in the second quarter of the 20th century.[3]

Life

Graham-Brown was educated at Monkton Combe School[4] and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.

After World War I service with the King's Own Scottish Borderers[5] during which he was wounded in the head and eventually invalided out of the service,[6] and three years as a History Master at his former school, he was ordained in 1922.[7]

He was successively Chaplain, Vice-Principal then Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. In 1932 he was appointed the sixth Bishop in Jerusalem,[8][9] a post he held for 10 years. He was consecrated a bishop on the Nativity of St John the Baptist (24 June) 1932, at St Paul's Cathedral, by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury.[10] He was also a Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem.[11]

Having become a Doctor of Divinity (DD), he died in post on 23 November 1942 in a car accident.[12][13] His grave is preserved in Mount Zion Cemetery, Jerusalem.

References

  1. ^ Honorary Graduates of the University of Edinburgh[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ National Archives
  3. ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  5. ^ "London Gazette" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  6. ^ The Times obituary,25.11.1942. The Times Digital Archive. Accessed 09.08.2012
  7. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  8. ^ Diocesan web-site
  9. ^ "The Bishop in Jerusalem". Church Times. No. 3610. 1 April 1932. p. 406. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  10. ^ "Towards unity". Church Times. No. 3623. 1 July 1932. p. 25. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  11. ^ Order Of St. John Of Jerusalem Promotions And Appointments The Times Wednesday, Jan 04, 1933; pg. 13; Issue 46333; col B
  12. ^ Obituary The Bishop in Jerusalem The Times Wednesday, Nov 25, 1942; pg. 7; Issue 49402; col D
  13. ^ "Death of the Bishop in Jerusalem". Church Times. No. 4166. 27 November 1942. p. 643. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 26 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Bishop of Jerusalem
1932–1942 		Succeeded by


Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Graham_Brown