Leonard Cornwell

Leonard Cyril Cornwell (28 March 1893 – 16 March 1971) was Archdeacon of Swindon from 1947[1] to 1963.

He was educated at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and Ridley Hall, Cambridge and ordained in 1916. He first posts were as a Curate in Plymouth [2] and then, from 1918 to 1921, as a Chaplain to the Forces. After further curacies in Chippenham and Bristol[3] he held incumbencies in Chippenham and Brinkworth.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Ecclesiastical News The Times (London, England), Friday, Mar 28, 1947; pg. 7; Issue 50721
  2. ↑ ‘CORNWELL, Ven. Leonard Cyril’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 21 Aug 2014
  3. ↑ National Archives
  4. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1967/8 p263: Oxford, OUP, 1967
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Ronald Erskine Ramsay		 Archdeacon of Swindon
1947–1963		 Succeeded by
Cyril William Johnston Bowles



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