Grandage Edwards Powell (20 November 1882 – 5 March 1948) was an

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in the second quarter of the 20th century. Powell was born in

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, Lancashire, into a clerical family, the son of Rev. Astell Drayner Powell, sometime

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, and Annie Edwards, daughter of Thomas Grandage Edwards. He was educated at

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and

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and ordained in 1906. ''Who was Who 1897–2007''. London,

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, 2007 After curacies in

and

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he rose rapidly in the

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hierarchy becoming successively

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of St Matthew's West Kensington,

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and

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. After four years in

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he was ordained to the

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as the Suffragan Bishop of Penrith. He married Madeline Mary Allen, by whom he had two sons. He resigned after a serious illness in April 1944"Ecclesiastical News Bishop Powell to resign". ''

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'', Monday, 3 April 1944; p. 6; Issue 49821; col G and died four years later.

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1882 births People educated at Rugby School Alumni of University College, Oxford Archdeacons of Carlisle Bishops of Penrith 20th-century Church of England bishops 1948 deaths {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub