Alan Cornwall (priest)

Alan Whitmore Cornwall^[1] (4 October 1858 – 9 June 1932) was Archdeacon of Cheltenham from 1924 until his death.

Born at Uley on 4 October 1858^[2] into an ecclesiastical family ^[3] he was educated at Eton and University College, Oxford and ordained after a period of study at Wells Theological College in 1884.^[4] After curacies in Cirencester and Gloucester he was the Vicar of Coleford from 1891 until 1899; and then of Thornbury until his Archdeacon's appointment.

He died on 9 June 1932.^[5] His son, Nigel, was Bishop of Borneo from 1949 until^[6] 1962.

References

1. NPG details
2. "Family Search". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
3. He was the son of Rev. Alan Kingscote Cornwall sometime incumbent of Uley > 'CORNWALL, Ven. Alan Whitmore', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 8 April 2013
4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 Oxford, OUP, 1929 p275
5. Deaths The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jun 11, 1932; pg. 1; Issue 46157
6. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1959-60 Oxford, OUP, 1929 p114

Church of England titles
Preceded by George Lawrence Harter Gardner	Archdeacon of Cheltenham 1924–1932	Succeeded by Frederick William Sears