Grandage Powell

Grandage Edwards Powell (20 November 1882 – 5 March 1948) was an Anglican bishop in the second quarter of the 20th century.

Powell was born in Fallowfield, Lancashire, into a clerical family, the son of Rev. Astell Drayner Powell, sometime Canon of Manchester Cathedral, and Annie Edwards, daughter of Thomas Grandage Edwards.[1] He was educated at Rugby and University College, Oxford and ordained in 1906.[2] After curacies in Fallowfield and Blackburn he rose rapidly in the Church of England hierarchy becoming successively vicar of St Matthew's West Kensington,[3] Rural Dean of Leicester and Archdeacon of Carlisle. After four years in Cumberland he was ordained to the episcopate as the Suffragan Bishop of Penrith.[4]

He married Madeline Mary Allen, by whom he had two sons. He resigned after a serious illness in April 1944[5] and died four years later.[2]

References

  1. ^ Crisp, Frederick Arthur, ed. (1904). Visitation of England and Wales. Vol. 12. London: Privately printed. p. 143.
  2. ^ a b "Powell, Rt Rev. Grandage Edwards". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ History of church within National Archives
  4. ^ "Suffragan Bishoprics – Appointments To Penrith And Bedford". The Times. Tuesday, 20 December 1938; p. 14; Issue 48182; col C
  5. ^ "Ecclesiastical News Bishop Powell to resign". The Times, Monday, 3 April 1944; p. 6; Issue 49821; col G


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