Assheton Pownall (priest)

The Ven. Assheton Pownall FSA (31 October 1822 – 24 November 1886) was Archdeacon of Leicester from 1884^[1] until his death.^[2]

Born in Walton, Liverpool, Pownall was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford.^[3] He was Rector of South Kilworth^[4] for 39 years. He died in Dover in 1886.^[5]

His grandsons were:
1) the military officer and politician Sir Assheton Pownall.^[6]^[7]
2) Lt Gen. Sir Henry Royds Pownall.^[7]
His 1st Cousin was The Reverend Thomas Boultbee

References

^ Ecclesiastical Appointments The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 10, 1884; pg. 6; Issue 31104
^ Deaths. The Times (London, England), Monday, Nov 29, 1886; pg. 1; Issue 31929
^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Pownall, Assheton" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
^ Parish web site
^ "Obituary: The Ven Assheton Pownnall, F.S.A." The Times (London, England), Monday, Nov 29, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31929
^ "Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton Pownall". The Times. 31 October 1953. p. 8.
^ ^a ^b Church Memorials South Kilworth, Leicestershire

Church of England titles
Preceded by Henry Fearon	Archdeacon of Leicester 1884–1886	Succeeded by John Mitchinson later Bishop of Barbados

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v t e Archdeacons of Leicester
High Medieval	Ranulph Godfrey Walter Robert de Chesney Hugh Barre Baldric de Segillo Hamo Roger de Rolleston Reimund of Lincoln Robert Grosseteste William de Dratton John of Basingstoke Solomon of Dover Roger de Saxenhurst Roger Martival
Late Medieval	Guillaume Cardinal de Farges Raynald Orsini Henry Chaddesden William Doune Philippe Cardinal de Cabassoles Giacomo Cardinal Orsini, Dean of Salisbury John Bottlesham John Elvet Richard Elvet John Legbourne Thomas Barnsley Richard Ewen William Witham Roger Rotherham John Morton Richard Lavender William Spark Henry Wilcocks Richard Maudeley Stephen Gardiner Edward Foxe Edmund Bonner William More
Early modern	Thomas Robertson Richard Barber Hugh Blythe Robert Johnson Richard Pilkington William Warr Henry Ferne Robert Hitch Clement Breton William Owtram Francis Meres Byrom Eaton John Rogers David Trimnel John Taylor James Bickham Andrew Burnaby Thomas Parkinson Thomas Bonney
Late modern	Henry Fearon Assheton Pownall John Mitchinson John Stocks Frederick MacNutt Cecil Matthews Irven Edwards Berkeley Cole David Silk Mike Edson Richard Atkinson Tim Stratford Richard Worsfold

v t e Diocese of Leicester
Leicester Cathedral Bishop's Lodge, Knighton Bishop's House, Rothley St Martin's House, Leicester Launde Abbey
Office holders	Martyn Snow, Bishop of Leicester Saju Muthalaly, Bishop suffragan of Loughborough AEO: Bishop suffragan of Richborough (vacant) & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Karen Rooms, Dean of Leicester Claire Wood, Archdeacon of Loughborough Richard Worsfold, Archdeacon of Leicester
Historic offices	Provost of Leicester (1927–2000; see Dean of Leicester) Assistant Bishop of Leicester (1987–2017; see Bishop of Loughborough)