Grandage Powell

Grandage Edwards Powell (20 November 1882 – 5 March 1948) was an Anglican bishop in the second quarter of the 20th century.

Powell was born in Fallowfield, Lancashire, into a clerical family, the son of Rev. Astell Drayner Powell, sometime Canon of Manchester Cathedral, and Annie Edwards, daughter of Thomas Grandage Edwards.[1] He was educated at Rugby and University College, Oxford and ordained in 1906.[2] After curacies in Fallowfield and Blackburn he rose rapidly in the Church of England hierarchy becoming successively vicar of St Matthew's West Kensington,[3] Rural Dean of Leicester and Archdeacon of Carlisle. After four years in Cumberland he was ordained to the episcopate as the Suffragan Bishop of Penrith.[4]

He married Madeline Mary Allen, by whom he had two sons. He resigned after a serious illness in April 1944[5] and died four years later.[2]

References

1. Howard, Joseph Jackson; Crisp, Frederick Arthur (1904). Visitation of England and Wales. Priv. printed. p. 143. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
2. Who was Who 1897–2007. London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
3. History of church within National Archives
4. "Suffragan Bishoprics – Appointments To Penrith And Bedford". The Times. Tuesday, 20 December 1938; p. 14; Issue 48182; col C
5. "Ecclesiastical News Bishop Powell to resign". The Times, Monday, 3 April 1944; p. 6; Issue 49821; col G