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Frederick Glyn Montagu Powell

1845/6–1921

Naval officer, clergyman, and author. Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, 1867; retired, 1870. BA, Cambridge, 1873. Ordained deacon, 1872; priest, 1873. Served in several parishes, before becoming vicar of Frocester, Gloucestershire, 1880–2. Rector of Stroxon, Lincolnshire, 1882–5. Incumbent of St Matthews, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1885–7. Published on theosophy.

Sources

Alum. Cantab.

London Gazette, 6 September 1867, p. 4961, and 15 May 1870

Bibliography

Alum. Cantab.: Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900. Compiled by John Venn and J. A. Venn. 10 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1922–54.

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