Frederick Boreham

Frederick Boreham
Archdeacon of Cornwall
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseTruro
Installed1949
Term ended1965
PredecessorJohn Holden
SuccessorPeter Young
Other post(s)Archdeacon of Western Szechwan (1928–1935)[1]
Personal details
Born(1888-06-07)7 June 1888
Died1 February 1966(1966-02-01) (aged 77)
Falmouth, Cornwall[1]
DenominationAnglican
SpouseCaroline Mildred Slater
ChildrenJohn Boreham
Alma mater

Frederick Boreham (7 June 1888 – 1 February 1966)[2] was Archdeacon of Cornwall and Chaplain to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Career

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Boreham was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and educated at St Aidan's College, Birkenhead and St John's Hall, Durham.[1] He served as a missionary in Mianyang (formerly spelt Mien Yong), Sichuan (formerly Szechwan), west China under the Church Missionary Society from 1917 to 1924 and again from 1928 to 1934, and married a fellow missionary Caroline Mildred Slater in 1918.[1] He succeeded Lewis Frederick Havermale as editor of The West China Missionary News in 1931, a position he held until 1934.[3] He was listed in the 1933–1934 directory of the West China Union University as a teacher of History.[4] He was vicar of Holy Trinity Hull from 1937 to[5] 1947. He also served as Archdeacon of Western Szechwan prior to his appointment as Archdeacon of Cornwall.[6] He became a chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her coronation on 5 August 1952, and remained in that post until his death in 1966. There is a memorial to him at Truro Cathedral.

Personal life

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Boreham married Caroline Mildred Slater and had four children, three of whom survived into adulthood: Peter, Cicely and John.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d "Accession 689: Papers of Frederick Boreham". calmview.bham.ac.uk. 1913–1934. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  2. ^ Deaths. The Times (London, England), Monday, May 16, 1966; pg. 14; Issue 56632
  3. ^ "The Editors—To Date". The West China Missionary News. Chengtu: West China Missions Advisory Board. February 1939. p. 40. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Directory of Students and Faculty of the West China Union University 1933–1934" (PDF). divinity-adhoc.library.yale.edu. 1934. p. 6. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  5. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1938 p131: Oxford, OUP, 1938
  6. ^ Ecclesiastical News. The Times (London, England), Saturday, Oct 01, 1949; pg. 7; Issue 51501
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Cornwall
1949-1965
Succeeded by