George James Cowley-Brown

George James Cowley-Brown, M.A. (1832–1924) was an Anglican clergyman and author who served in both the Church of England and the Scottish Episcopal Church.

Life[]

The eldest son of George Francis Brown, he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1854 and a Master of Arts degree in 1857.^[1][2]

He was ordained in the Anglican ministry as a deacon in 1855 and a priest in 1858.^[1] He served as a curate at Bladon-cum-Woodstock, Oxfordshire, 1855–1867; during which time he became domestic chaplain to the Duke of Marlborough in 1858.^[1] His next three appointments were Rector of Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire, 1867–1874; Rector of Buckhorn-Weston, Dorset, 1874–77; and Rector of St Edmund's, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 1877–83.^[1] He became Rector of St John's, Edinburgh in 1883 and a canon of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh in 1898.^[1] He retired in 1909.^[1] He lived at 9 Grosvenor Street in the western part of the city.^[3]

He married and had two sons: Horace Wyndham Cowley-Brown and John Stapleton Cowley-Brown, who both became authors.^[1]

Works[]

He published a number of works:^[1]

• Lectures on the Gospel according to St. John (1863)
• A Short Apology for the Book of Common Prayer (1873)
• Daily Lessons on the Life of Our Lord, two volumes (1880)
• Prayers for a Household from Old Divines (1st edition 1881; 2nd edition 1897; 3rd edition 1907)
• Some Reason for Believing Christianity to be True (1897)
• Via Media (reprinted from the National Review) (1898)
• Verselets and Versions (1911)

Notes[]

References[]

• Bertie, David M. (2000). Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000. Edinburgh: T & T Clark. ISBN 0567087468.