Frank McGowan (priest)

The Ven. Frank McGowan, MBE, MA was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Sarum from 1951 until his death on 21 February 1968.^[1] Born on 7 October 1895, he was educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. After World War I service with the Duke of Wellington's Regiment and later the Machine Gun Corps wounded in action he was discharged and awarded a British War Medal, Allied Victory Medal and Discharge badge No 366001. He was ordained in 1923.^[2] He was a curate at St Michael and All Angels, Bournemouth before serving incumbencies at St Mark’s, Birmingham and then St Nicholas, Cholderton until his archdeacon’s appointment.^[3]

References

↑ Obituary The Times (London, England), Friday, 23 Feb 1968; pg. 10; Issue 57183
↑ Crockfords (Oxford, OUP, He was awarded the M.B.E. in 1945 for his services as Honorary Secretary, Church of England Board for the Welfare of Imperial Forces within the Diocese of Salisbury.London Gazette 3 Jan 1945; pg.128; supplement 36869. 1948)
↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7

Church of England titles
Preceded by Percy John Dale	Archdeacon of Sarum 1951–1968	Succeeded by Stephen Basil Wingfield Digby

Archdeacons of Sarum (or Salisbury)

High Medieval	Gunter of Le Mans¹ Robert¹ Everard of Calne¹ Hubald¹ Joel¹ Alexander of Lincoln¹ Nigel¹ Ernald Henry Jordan Savaric FitzGeldewin Azo Humphrey of Bassingbourn Stephen Nicholas de Capella Thomas Wychampton

Late Medieval	Walter Hervy Raymond de Planell Raymond Cardinal de Fargis Robert Luffenham Richard de Bury Roger de Kington Roger de Cloune Thomas Butiller William Potyn Walter FitzPiers Henry Chichele Walter Medford Simon Sydenham John Holand John Chitterne John Stafford William Alnwick Alexander Sparrow John Norton Stephen Wilton Adam Moleyns Richard Andrew Peter Cardinal Barbo Richard Caunton Roger Radclyffe William Eure Edmund Chaderton, Archdeacon of Salisbury Geoffrey Blythe George Sydenham James Bromwich Henry Rawlyns Richard Duck Edward Layton

Early modern	Robert Okinge Richard Chaundeler Ralph Pickover William Barlow Thomas Marler William Buckner Anthony Hawles Joshua Childrey John Sherman John Priaulx Thomas Lambert Joseph Kelsey John Hoadly Joseph Sager Samuel Rolleston William Whitworth Charles Daubeny Liscombe Clarke Francis Lear William Hony

Late modern	Francis Lear Harry Carpenter Percy Dale Frank McGowan Basil Wingfield Digby Nigel McCulloch Barney Hopkinson vacancy Alan Jeans

¹ — territory unspecified

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