Francis Graham Brown

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Bishop Francis Graham-Brown leading a procession in 1936, with (among others) General Dill and the High Commissioner Wauchope

George Francis Graham-Brown Script error: No such module "If empty".[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

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  1. ↑ Honorary Graduates of the University of EdinburghScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
  2. ↑ National Archives
  3. ↑ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and ArchivesScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
  4. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 Template:ISBN
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  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
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  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. ↑ Template:Church Times

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