Frank Partridge (31 December 1877 – October, 1941) was the second Anglican Bishop of Portsmouth.

Early life

Partridge was born, the son of a Canadian, on 31 December 1877. He was educated privately before taking Holy Orders at

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, his first

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being at

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. In 1910 he married Elizabeth Barton: together they had two sons and one daughter.

Posts within Chichester diocese

That year he began a 24-year association with the

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area. He was

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to the

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until 1918, and from then until 1934 a

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: additionally serving as

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of the Chichester

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Kalendar and Gazette from 1914 until 1921, Financial Secretary of the National Assembly of the Church of England, 1921–34,

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and

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Career advances

In 1934 Partridge was appointed a Chaplain to the

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and Canon Residentiary of

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, in which post he was also Examining Chaplain to the Bishop. In 1937 he was appointed Bishop of Portsmouth, a post he was to hold to his death in October 1941 aged 63. After a funeral service at Portsmouth Cathedral he was interred at

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. He was known as

"A man of wise councel and clear vision" ''The Earl of Athlone''

Bibliography

*1918 ''The Soul of Wealth'' *1921''TAB:A Memoir of Thomas Allnutt, 2nd Earl Brassey'' *1928 ''The Bishop of Portsmouth and the publication of the rejected prayer book.'' Correspondence of the Bishop with the Rev. W.A. Limbrick, Secretary of the Protestant Reformation Society to which is added a correspondence of the Secretary with the Rev. Canon F. Partridge upon the same subject.Lambeth Palace Library Cataloguing
/ref> * 1929 ''Disestablishment'' * 1930 ''The Church Assembly and the Church'' * 1940 ''The Church House; its art and symbolism'' by BAKER, Herbert Sir Church Assembly, 1940 (With an introduction on its history and aims by the bishop of Portsmouth.)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Partridge, Frank 1877 births Alumni of University of London Worldwide Archdeacons of Oakham Bishops of Portsmouth (Anglican) 20th-century Church of England bishops 1941 deaths Honorary Chaplains to the King People from Sidlesham