Francis Graham Brown
Template:Multi-part family name The Rt Rev George Francis Graham Brown OBE DD[1] (known as Francis; 27 January 1891 – 23 November 1942) was an Anglican Bishop[2] in the second quarter of the twentieth century.[3]
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] and three years as a History Master at his old school he was ordained in 1922.[6]
He was successively Chaplain, Vice-Principal then Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. In 1932 he was appointed the sixth Bishop of Jerusalem,[7] a post he held for 20 years. He was also a Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem.[8]
He died in post on 23 November 1942 in a car accident.[9] His grave is preserved in Mount Zion Cemetery, Jerusalem.
Notes
- ^ Honorary Graduates of Edinburgh University
- ^ National Archives
- ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ London Gazette
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ Diocesan web-site Archived 2009-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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
- 1891 births
- People educated at Monkton Combe School
- Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Holders of a Lambeth degree
- Anglican bishops of Jerusalem
- 20th-century Anglican archbishops
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- 1942 deaths
- Sub-Prelates of the Venerable Order of Saint John
- Burials at Mount Zion (Protestant)
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