Frank Partridge was the second Anglican Bishop of Portsmouth.

Early life

Partridge was born, the son of a Canadian, on the 31st of December 1877. He was educated privately before taking Holy Orders

Holy Orders

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 at Cuddesdon College

Ripon College Cuddesdon

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, his first curacy

Curate

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 being at Hawarden

Hawarden

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. In 1910 he married Elizabeth Barton: together they had two sons and one daughter.

Posts within Chichester diocese

That year he began a 24 year association with the West Sussex

West Sussex

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 area. He was Chaplain

Chaplain

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 to the Bishop of Chichester

Bishop of Chichester

The Bishop of Chichester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the Counties of East and West Sussex. The see is in the City of Chichester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity...

 until 1918, and from then until 1934 a Canon

Canon (priest)

A canon is a priest or minister who is a member of certain bodies of the Christian clergy subject to an ecclesiastical rule ....

: additionally serving as Editor

Editing

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 of the Chichester Diocesan Kalendar and Gazette from 1914 until 1921, Financial Secretary of the National Assembly of the Church of England

General Synod

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, 1921–34, Proctor

Proctor

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 in Convocation

Convocation

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 and Prebendary

Prebendary

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 of Sidlesham

Sidlesham

Sidlesham is a small village and civil parish, on the Manhood Peninsula, five kilometres south of Chichester in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It has a small primary school. The area has had a Prebendary since medieval times...

.

Career advances

In 1934 Partridge was appointed a Chaplain to the King

George V of the United Kingdom

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, Archdeacon

Archdeacon

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 of Oakham

Oakham

-Oakham's horseshoes:Traditionally, members of royalty and peers of the realm who visited or passed through the town had to pay a forfeit in the form of a horseshoe...

 and Canon Residentiary of Peterborough Cathedral

Peterborough Cathedral

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, in which post he was also Examining Chaplain to the Bishop. In 1937 he was appointed Bishop of Portsmouth, a post he was to hold to his death in October 1941. After a funeral service at Portsmouth Cathedral he was interred at East Meon

East Meon

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. He was known as

"A man of wise councel and clear vision" The Earl of Athlone