(Richard) Howel Brown was Provost of

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from 1890 until 1904. He was born in 1856 and educated at Harrow and

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. He was

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in 1884 and served after a

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at St Giles in the Fields was

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of Holy Trinity,

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until his

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appointment. Later he held incumbencies in Southgate and Enfield. He died on 14 May 1928.''The Rev. R. H. Brown''

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(London, England), Friday, 18 May 1928; pg. 21; Issue 44896

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1856 births People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Provosts of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow 19th-century Scottish Episcopalian priests 20th-century Scottish Episcopalian priests 1928 deaths {{UK-Christian-clergy-stub