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