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

↑ Ecclesiastical News The Times (London, England), Friday, Mar 28, 1947; pg. 7; Issue 50721
↑ ‘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
↑ National Archives
↑ 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

Archdeacons of North Wilts, of Swindon and of Malmesbury

North Wilts	Hemming Robeson Ravenscroft Stewart

Swindon	Reginald Talbot Ronald Ramsay Leonard Cornwell Cyril Bowles Freddy Temple Jeffrey Maples Kenneth Clark Michael Middleton Alan Hawker (became Archdeacon of Malmesbury)

Malmesbury	Alan Hawker (previously Archdeacon of Swindon) Christine Froude

Diocese of Bristol

Bristol Cathedral Bishop's Office, Bristol Hillside House, Bristol

Office holders	Mike Hill, Bishop of Bristol Lee Rayfield, Bishop suffragan of Swindon AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet David Hoyle, Dean of Bristol Christine Froude, Archdeacon of Malmesbury & Acting Archdeacon of Bristol

Historic offices	Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol (1836–1897; see Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol) Bishop suffragan of Malmesbury (1927–1994; renamed to Swindon) Archdeacon of Dorset (1542–1836; returned to Salisbury) Archdeacon of North Wilts (1904–1919; renamed to Swindon) Archdeacon of Swindon (1919–1999; renamed to Malmesbury)

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