Alan Cornwall (priest) explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp96202/alan-whitmore-cornwall NPG details
  2. Web site: Family Search . 8 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232404/http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I130368&tree=Nixon . 3 March 2016 . dead .
  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]
  5. Deaths The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jun 11, 1932; pg. 1; Issue 46157
  6. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]

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