Walter Browne (priest)

Walter Marshall Browne (16 September 1885 – 6 February 1959) was Archdeacon of Rochester from 1932 to 1951.

Walter Browne
Born	16 September 1885
Died	6 February 1959
Religion	Anglican
Church	Diocese of Rochester
Ordained	1909
Offices held	Archdeacon of Rochester

Life

Browne was born 16 September 1885, the son of Thomas Gillespie Chapman Browne, actuary, and Ann Mary Ballantyne.

Browne was educated at Tonbridge School, and admitted pensioner of Christ's College, Cambridge on 15 January 1904.^[1] He was ordained a deacon in 1909 and a priest in Southwell Minster in 1910.

Browne married Marjorie Vickers on 23 April 1914 at St. Ann's Church, Nottingham.^[2]

Appointments

Browne was appointed:

• Curate of St. Ann's Church, Nottingham 1909 - 1912
• Chaplain to the Bishop of Hereford 1912 - 1916
• Vicar of St. Mary's Church, Attenborough 1916 - 1923
• Vicar of Erith 1923 - 1932
• Archdeacon of Rochester 1932^[3] - 1951

Church of England titles
Preceded by Donald Tait	Archdeacon of Rochester 1932–1951	Succeeded by Lawrence Harland

Notes

1. Biographical Register of Christ’s College, Cambridge. John Peile. Cambridge University Press. 2014. p.872
2. "Former Nottingham Curate Married". Nottingham Evening Post. Nottingham. 23 April 1914. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
3. "Fashionable and Personable". Kent & Sussex Courier. Kent. 25 November 1932. Retrieved 22 June 2015.