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Walter Browne (priest)

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Walter Browne
Born16 September 1885
Died6 February 1959
ReligionAnglican
ChurchDiocese of Rochester
Ordained1909
Offices held
Archdeacon of Rochester

Walter Marshall Browne (16 September 1885 – 6 February 1959) was Archdeacon of Rochester from 1932 to 1951.

Life

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Browne was born 16 September 1885, the son of Thomas Gillespie Chapman Browne, actuary, and Ann Mary Ballantyne.

Browne was educated at Tonbridge School, and admitted pensioner of Christ's College, Cambridge on 15 January 1904.[1] He was ordained a deacon in 1909 and a priest in Southwell Minster in 1910.

Browne married Marjorie Vickers on 23 April 1914 at St. Ann's Church, Nottingham.[2]

Appointments

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Browne was appointed:

Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Rochester
1932–1951
Succeeded by

Notes

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  1. ^ Biographical Register of Christ’s College, Cambridge. John Peile. Cambridge University Press. 2014. p.872
  2. ^ "Former Nottingham Curate Married". Nottingham Evening Post. Nottingham. 23 April 1914. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Fashionable and Personable". Kent & Sussex Courier. Kent. 25 November 1932. Retrieved 22 June 2015.