Name Francis Brown | Died 1942 | |
George Francis Graham Brown OBE (known as Francis; 27 January 1891 – 23 November 1942) was an Anglican bishop in the second quarter of the twentieth century.
Graham-Brown was educated at Monkton Combe School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
After World War I service with the King's Own Scottish Borderers and three years as a History Master at his old school, he was ordained in 1922.
He was successively Chaplain, Vice-Principal then Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. In 1932 he was appointed the sixth Bishop of Jerusalem, a post he held for 10 years. He was also a Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem.
Having become a Doctor of Divinity (DD), he died in post on 23 November 1942 in a car accident. His grave is preserved in Mount Zion Cemetery, Jerusalem.