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Frank Swindell

Frank Guthrie Swindell, MA (18 December 1874 – 22 December 1975) was Archdeacon of Singapore[1] from 1916 until his retirement in 1929.

Swindell was educated at Pocklington School, Ellesmere College 12.05.1887-24.04.1890 (Arthur Dormitory) and St Catharine's College, Cambridge;[2] and ordained in 1899.[3] After a curacy in Boxley, he went out to the Far East. He was Chaplain at Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca and Negri Sembilan. In 1910 he married Gladys Dorothy Page [4] at St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, the service was conducted by the Right Reverend Charles James Ferguson-Davie the Bishop of Singapore.[5] Swindell himself became its Colonial Chaplain from 1914 until 1929. On his return from service overseas he was Rector of Isfield.[6] He died in 1975 aged 101 years.

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  1. ^ SGE Books Archived 2014-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ ‘SWINDELL, Rev. Frank Guthrie’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 26 Sept 2013
  3. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  4. ^ Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser 25 May 1910 page 13
  5. ^ Marriages. Silver Jubilees The Times (London, England), Thursday, May 23, 1935; pg. 1; Issue 47071
  6. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p1254: London, OUP, 1929


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