George Forrest Browne

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George Forrest Browne was the inaugural Anglican Bishop of Stepney from 1895 [The Times, Wednesday, Apr 10, 1895; pg. 5; Issue 34547; col D "New Title for Suffragan Bishop of London"] until 1897 [ The Times, Friday, Sep 17, 1897; pg. 4; Issue 35311; col C "New Bishop of Bristol"] when he was appointed Bishop of Bristol. He was born in 1833 [“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X] and educated at St Peter's School, York and St Catharine's College, Cambridge [Where he was Senior Wrangler] before embarking on his career with a post combining the roles of Chaplain and Lecturer there. After an Incumbency at Ashley, Cambridgeshire he rose steadily in the Church’s hierarchy . From 1891 until 1895 he was Canon Residentiary at St Paul's Cathedral before elevation to the Suffragan Bishopric of the Diocese of London (from now on named Bishop of Stepney), a post he held until he attained Full Bishop Status with promotion to the See of Bristol. A prolific academic author [ His works included “The Venerable Bede”(1879),”The Ilam Crosses” (1889), “Lessons from Early English Church History” (1893),”The Church at Home before Augustine” (1894), “History of St Catharine's College” (1902) and “The Recollections of a Bishop” (1915) ] he died on 1 June 1930.

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