Francis Graham Brown

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]

This British surname is barrelled, being made up of multiple names. It should be written as Graham-Brown, not Brown.
Bishop Francis Graham-Brown leading a procession in 1936, with (among others) General Dill and the High Commissioner Wauchope

Life

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
  1. Honorary Graduates of the University of Edinburgh
  2. National Archives
  3. National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  4. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  5. "London Gazette" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  6. The Times obituary,25.11.1942. The Times Digital Archive. Accessed 09.08.2012
  7. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  8. Diocesan web-site
  9. "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.
  10. "Towards unity". Church Times. No. 3623. 1 July 1932. p. 25. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  11. Order Of St. John Of Jerusalem Promotions And Appointments The Times Wednesday, Jan 04, 1933; pg. 13; Issue 46333; col B
  12. Obituary The Bishop in Jerusalem The Times Wednesday, Nov 25, 1942; pg. 7; Issue 49402; col D
  13. "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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