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Thomas Browne (Archdeacon of Ipswich)

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Thomas Robert Browne,[1] FKC (15 June 1889 – 13 August 1978) was Archdeacon of Ipswich[2] from 1946 until 1963.

Browne was a captain in the Dorset Regiment during World War I. After this he studied at King's College London; and was ordained in 1920.[3] After a curacy in Tottenham he held incumbencies at Edwardstone, Earl Soham, Newmarket, Elmsett[4] and Shotley. He was an honorary canon at St Edmundsbury Cathedral from 1936 to 1946.[5]

References

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  1. ^ National Archives
  2. ^ HMS Hood
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1938 Oxford, OUP,1938
  4. ^ Earl Soham Roll of Honour
  5. ^ "Browne, Thomas Robert". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1926–2016 (December 2017 online ed.). A & C Black. 31 December 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Ipswich
1946–1963
Succeeded by