George Francis Graham-Brown Honorary Graduates of the University of Edinburgh (27 January 1891 – 23 November 1942) was an Anglican bishopNational Archives in the second quarter of the 20th century.National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
Life Graham-Brown was educated at Monkton Combe School“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
After World War I service with the King's Own Scottish Borderers during which he was wounded in the head and eventually invalided out of the service,The Times obituary,25.11.1942. The Times Digital Archive. Accessed 09.08.2012 and three years as a History Master at his former school, he was ordained in 1922.Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
He was successively Chaplain, Vice-Principal then Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. In 1932 he was appointed the sixth Bishop in Jerusalem,Diocesan web-site a post he held for 10 years. He was consecrated a bishop on the Nativity of St John the Baptist (24 June) 1932, at St Paul's Cathedral, by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury. He was also a Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem.Order Of St. John Of Jerusalem Promotions And Appointments The Times Wednesday, Jan 04, 1933; pg. 13; Issue 46333; col B
Having become a Doctor of Divinity (DD), he died in post on 23 November 1942 in a car accident.Obituary The Bishop in Jerusalem The Times Wednesday, Nov 25, 1942; pg. 7; Issue 49402; col D His grave is preserved in Mount Zion Cemetery, Jerusalem.
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