Memorial to Michael Rene Warneford Brown

The Venerable Michael Rene Warneford Brown (7 June 1915 – 14 February 2004) was Archdeacon of Nottingham from 1960 to 1977. He was born in Gravesend, Kent and educated at

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. He studied history and theology at

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and then

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. He was ordained in 1941 by Rt. Revd. George Bell, the

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and served as a curate at West Grinstead. In 1943 he became chaplain to the

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. From 1950 to 1960 he worked at Church House in London. In 1960The Church of England Year Book. Volumers 93–94. Church of England. 1976 he was appointed Archdeacon of Nottingham, a position he held until 1977.

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