Frank Towndrow

Frank Noel Towndrow, QHC (25 December 1911 – 7 April 2007) was a Church of England priest who was Archdeacon of Oakham from 1967 to 1977.[1]

Early life

Towndrow was born on Christmas Day 1911.[2] He was educated at St Olave's Grammar School, then an all-boys grammar school in Orpington, Kent. He went on to study at King’s College, Cambridge.

Religious life

Towndrow was ordained after a period of study at The College of the Resurrection, Mirfield in 1937 and began his career with a curacy in Chingford.[3]

He saw active service during World War II. On 19 February 1940, he was commissioned into the Chaplains Branch of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR). He was granted the relative rank of squadron leader.[4] He relinquished his commission on 25 December 1956.[5]

When peace returned he held incumbencies at Grangemouth,[6] Kirton Lindsey, Greenford Magna [7] and Ravensthorpe before his years as an Archdeacon, during which he was also a Canon Residentiary of Peterborough Cathedral.

An Honorary Chaplain to the Queen he died on 7 April 2007.[8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Burton Latimer Heritage Society
  2. ↑ Who's Who 1970 p3169 ISBN 0-7136-1140-5
  3. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1948 p1326
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34805. p. 1320. 5 March 1940. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 41026. pp. 1737–1739. 15 March 1957. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  6. ↑ ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
  7. ↑ Greenford Magna
  8. ↑ Friends of Peterborough Cathedral
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Ernest Norman Millard		 Archdeacon of Oakham
1967–1977 		Succeeded by
Bernard Fernyhough