Frank Swindell

Frank Guthrie Swindell, MA (18 December 1874 – 22 December 1975) was Archdeacon of Singapore[1] from 1916 until his retirement in 1929.

Swindell was educated at Pocklington School, Ellesmere College 12.05.1887-24.04.1890 (Arthur Dormitory) and St Catharine's College, Cambridge;[2] and ordained in 1899.[3] After a curacy in Boxley, he went out to the Far East. He was Chaplain at Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca and Negri Sembilan. In 1910 he married Gladys Dorothy Page [4] at St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, the service was conducted by the Right Reverend Charles James Ferguson-Davie the Bishop of Singapore.[5] Swindell himself became its Colonial Chaplain from 1914 until 1929. On his return from service overseas he was Rector of Isfield.[6] He died in 1975 aged 101 years.

References
  1. SGE Books Archived 2014-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ‘SWINDELL, Rev. Frank Guthrie’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 26 Sept 2013
  3. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  4. Singapore Free Press and Merchantile Advertiser 25 May 1910 page 13
  5. Marriages. Silver Jubilees The Times (London, England), Thursday, May 23, 1935; pg. 1; Issue 47071
  6. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p1254: London, OUP, 1929


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