George Townley

George Frederick Townley (15 April 1891^[1]Earls Barton Northamptonshire – 9 March 1977)^[2] was the sixth Bishop of Hull in the modern era, serving from 1957 until 1965.^[3]

He was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford. His first post after World War I service was as a curate in Keighley. He was then Vicar of Lidget Green, Bradford and then of Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, Rural Dean of Scarborough, Archdeacon of Cleveland and finally Archdeacon of York^[4] before elevation to the episcopate as a Suffragan to the Archbishop of York.

He died on 9 March 1977.

Notes

↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
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↑ Eccleslastical News Consecration Of Bishops At York (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Monday, 1 April 1957; p. 12; Issue 53804; col D
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X

Church of England titles
Preceded by Henry Townsend Vodden	Bishop of Hull 1957–1965	Succeeded by Hubert Laurence Higgs

Archdeacons of Cleveland

High Medieval	Hugh the Chanter Ralph de Baro John son of Letold Ralph Jeremy Geoffrey de Muschamp John de Gray Ralph de Kyme Hugh Murdac William of Ely Matthew Scot Serlo/Serlo John de Langeton the elder Roger Rufinus of Tonengo Thomas de Grimston

Late Medieval	Stephen de Mauley Adrian de Fieschi Innocent de Fieschi William de Weston John Ellerker Thomas de Holwell William de Ferriby William de Catton William Kexby Roger de Ripon Robert de Manfeld Adam Spencer John Marshall John Fitzthomas Alexander Herle Thomas Walkington Clement Stanton Richard Pittes William Pelleson William Duffield Stephen Wilton William Brande William Poteman William Constable Henry Carnebull Geoffrey Blythe John Hole Thomas Crossley

Early modern	John Reynald Richard Rawlins James Denton Thomas Bedyll/Bedell William Clyff Richard Langridge John Warner Christopher Malton Ralph Coulton Richard Remington Richard Byrde John Phillips Henry Thurscros Timothy Thurscros John Neale Robert Feild John Lake Barnabas Long John Burton James Fall John Richardson Jaques Sterne Francis Blackburne Robert Peirson

Late modern	Charles Baillie Francis Wrangham Leveson Vernon-Harcourt Henry Todd Edward Churton William Hey Henry Yeoman William Hutchings Thomas Lindsay Basil Carter Edmund Hope George Townley William Palin Stanley Linsley John Southgate Ron Woodley Chris Hawthorn Paul Ferguson Richard Rowling (Acting) Sam Rushton

Bishops of Hull

Richard Blunt John Kempthorne Francis Gurdon Bernard Heywood Henry Vodden George Townley Hubert Higgs Geoffrey Paul Donald Snelgrove James Jones Richard Frith Alison White

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