Horace Norman Vincent Tonks (29 January 1891 – 25 November 1959) was an Anglican

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in the

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from 1936 until 1949. He was born in

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, England, on 29 January 1891 to Henry and Emily Tonks and educated at the town's

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and

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in 1918 after a

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in Fenton, he was

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of Holy Cross, Airedale, then from 1926 to 1935 the

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of Saint Sampson with Holy Trinity in

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. After that he was Archdeacon of Grenada for a brief period in 1935 and 1936 before his appointment to the

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in the Windward Islands. On his return to England, he was Rector of

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in Kent from 1949 to 1956. He died on 25 November 1959.

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, Friday, Nov 27, 1959; pg. 17; Issue 54629; col C ''Obituary Rt. Rev. H. N. V. Tonks''

Family

In 1921, he married Alice Underwood. They had three sons and two daughters.

References

External links

Horace Norman Vincent Tonks papers, 1923-1956
at Pitts Theology Library,

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1891 births People from Walsall Archdeacons of Grenada 20th-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean Deans of St George's Cathedral, Kingstown Anglican bishops of the Windward Islands 1959 deaths People educated at Queen Mary's Grammar School Alumni of Lichfield Theological College {{Christian-clergy-stub