Alan Cornwall (priest)

Alan Whitmore Cornwall[1] (4 October 1858 – 9 June 1932) was Archdeacon of Cheltenham from 1924 until his death.

Born at Uley on 4 October 1858[2] into an ecclesiastical family [3] he was educated at Eton and University College, Oxford and ordained after a period of study at Wells Theological College in 1884.[4] After curacies in Cirencester and Gloucester he was the Vicar of Coleford from 1891 until 1899; and then of Thornbury until his Archdeacon's appointment.

He died on 9 June 1932.[5] His son, Nigel, was Bishop of Borneo from 1949 until[6] 1962.

References
  1. NPG details
  2. "Family Search". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  3. He was the son of Rev. Alan Kingscote Cornwall sometime incumbent of Uley > 'CORNWALL, Ven. Alan Whitmore', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 8 April 2013
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 Oxford, OUP, 1929 p275
  5. Deaths The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jun 11, 1932; pg. 1; Issue 46157
  6. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1959-60 Oxford, OUP, 1929 p114
Church of England titles
Preceded by
George Lawrence Harter Gardner		 Archdeacon of Cheltenham
1924–1932		 Succeeded by
Frederick William Sears


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.