Charles Mansfield Owen

The Very Reverend Charles Mansfield Owen was an eminent Anglican priest in the last decades of the 19th century and the first four of the 20th. He was born in Hamble in 1882 and educated at Merton College, Oxford [“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X] . Ordained in 1875 he began his career with a curacy at "Holy Trinity, Southampton". In 1880 he became Vicar of Woolston then three years later "St George’s Edgbaston " [ [http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/mi/mi_edgbaston.html Vicars of St George’s Edgbaston] ] . Appointed to be Rural Dean of the area in 1905 ["St George's Church Edgbaston" 1838 - 1998 Harkness,J.C/Pinkess,J.R.H: Birmingham St George's Edgbaston PCC, July 1998] , in 1912 he was promoted again to the post of Archdeacon of Birmingham. In 1915 he was appointed Dean of Ripon ["New Dean Of Ripon" The TimesMonday, Sep 27, 1915; pg. 11; Issue 40970; col E] , where he remained until his death on 4 November 1940 [The Times, Wednesday, Nov 06, 1940; pg. 4; Issue 48766; col C "Obituary The Very Rev C.M. Owen"] .

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