George Bowers (priest)

George Hull Bowers (bapt. 30 March 1794 – 27 December 1872) was an Anglican priest who was Dean of Manchester from 1847 to 1871, and founder of Marlborough College in Wiltshire.^[1]^[2]

Born in Staffordshire,^[3] he was educated at Clare College, Cambridge, and ordained in 1819.^[4] He began his ecclesiastical career at Elstow in Bedfordshire, after which he was Rector of St Paul's, Covent Garden,^[5] followed by a 25-year spell in Manchester.^[6]

Notes

^ 'New Dean of Manchester', The Times, Wednesday, Jun 23, 1847; pg. 6; Issue 19583; col A
^ "George Hull Bowers, Dean of Manchester: Papers". Cambridge University Library. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
^ Axon, W. E. A, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004) ISBN 0-19-861411-X
^ "Bowers, George Hull (BWRS819GH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ Papers of GH Bowers Archived 2012-07-17 at archive.today
^ J. Brownbill;, William Farrer, W (ed), Victoria County History. A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4, 1911

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Preceded by William Herbert	Dean of Manchester 1847 – 1872	Succeeded by Benjamin Morgan Cowie

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[1] 'New Dean of Manchester', The Times, Wednesday, Jun 23, 1847; pg. 6; Issue 19583; col A

[2] "George Hull Bowers, Dean of Manchester: Papers". Cambridge University Library. Retrieved 12 September 2024.

[3] Axon, W. E. A, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004) ISBN 0-19-861411-X

[4] "Bowers, George Hull (BWRS819GH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[5] Papers of GH Bowers Archived 2012-07-17 at archive.today

[6] J. Brownbill;, William Farrer, W (ed), Victoria County History. A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4, 1911

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v t e Anglican Diocese of Manchester
Manchester Cathedral Bishopscourt, Broughton Church House, Manchester
Office holders	David Walker, Bishop of Manchester Mark Davies, Bishop suffragan of Middleton and acting Bishop of Sodor and Man Matthew Porter, Bishop suffragan of Bolton AEO: Stephen Race, Bishop suffragan of Beverley & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Rogers Govender, Dean of Manchester Karen Lund, Archdeacon of Manchester Rachel Mann, Archdeacon of Bolton and Salford Karen Smeeton, Archdeacon-designate of Rochdale
Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Burnley (1901–1926; moved to Diocese of Blackburn) Bishop suffragan of Whalley (1909–1926; moved to Diocese of Blackburn) Bishop suffragan of Hulme (1924–2009) Archdeacon of Lancaster (1847–1926; became Diocese of Blackburn) Archdeacon of Blackburn (1877–1926; became Diocese of Blackburn)