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^[1] to 1977.^[2]

Early life

Towndrow was born on Christmas Day 1911.^[3] 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.

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.^[4]

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.^[5] He relinquished his commission on 25 December 1956.^[6]

He died on 7 April 2007.^[9] There is a ledger slab in his memory at Peterborough Cathedral.^[10]

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^ Burton Latimer Heritage Society
^ Who's Who 1970 p3169 ISBN 0-7136-1140-5
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1948 p1326
^ "No. 34805". The London Gazette. 5 March 1940. p. 1320.
^ "No. 41026". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 March 1957. pp. 1737–1739.
^ "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
^ "Greenford Magna" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
^ Friends of Peterborough Cathedral
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Church of England titles
Preceded by Ernest Norman Millard	Archdeacon of Oakham 1967–1977	Succeeded by Bernard Fernyhough

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Office holders	Debbie Sellin, Bishop of Peterborough John Holbrook, Bishop of Brixworth AEO: Bishop suffragan of Richborough (vacant) & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Chris Dalliston, Dean of Peterborough Richard Ormston, Archdeacon of Northampton Alison Booker, Archdeacon of Oakham
Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Leicester (1888–1927; Diocese of Leicester erected) Archdeacon of Leicester (1837–1926; became Diocese of Leicester) Archdeacon of Loughborough (1921–1926; became Diocese of Leicester)