Ellis Gowing

Ellis Norman Gowing (24 April 1883 – 2 March 1960)^[1] was Archdeacon of Southend from 1938 until 1953.^[2]

Gowing was educated at Fort Street High School^[3] and the University of Sydney; and ordained in 1907.^[4] He began his career as a Curate at The Oaks, New South Wales, after which he served at Armidale Cathedral. Coming to England he was on the staff of St James the Less, Bethnal Green then domestic chaplain to the Bishop of Chelmsford from 1914 to 1917.^[5] He was vicar of Prittlewell from 1917 until his death; an honorary canon of Chelmsford Cathedral from 1921 to 1938 and Rural Dean of Canewdon from 1918 to 1938. He was given the Freedom of the County Borough of Southend-on-Sea in 1953.^[6]

References

↑ Deaths The Times (London, England), Saturday, 5 March 1960; pg. 1; Issue 54712
↑ 'GOWING, Ven. Ellis Norman', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 16 May 2015
↑ Trove
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929–30: Oxford, OUP, 1929 p 508
↑ "John Edwin Watts-Ditchfield, first Bishop of Chelmsford" Gowing, E.N: London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1926; British Library website accessed 10:13 GMT 16 May 2015
↑ "News in Brief", The Times (London, England), 1 April 1954, p. 3.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Percy Bayne	Archdeacon of Southend 1938–1953	Succeeded by Neville Welch

Archdeacons in the Diocese of Chelmsford

Southend	Percy Bayne Ellis Gowing Neville Welch, Bishop of Bradwell Peter Bridges John Moses Jonathan Bailey David Jennings David Lowman (became Archdeacon of Chelmsford) Mina Smallman

Harlow etc.	Unknown Archdeacon of Harlow Michael Fox, Archdeacon of Harlow Peter Taylor, Archdeacon of Harlow Martin Webster, Archdeacon of Harlow David Lowman, Archdeacon of Chelmsford (previously Archdeacon of Southend) John Perumbalath, Archdeacon of Barking Robin King, Archdeacon of Stansted

See also: Archdeacons of Essex and of West Ham; Archdeacons of Colchester.

Diocese of Chelmsford

Chelmsford Cathedral Bishopscourt, Margaretting Diocesan Office, Chelmsford The Retreat House, Pleshey Waltham Abbey St Peter-on-the-Wall, Bradwell Area scheme (since 1983)

Office holders	The Bishop of Chelmsford, Stephen Cottrell The area Bishop of Bradwell, John Wraw The area Bishop of Barking, Peter Hill The area Bishop of Colchester, Roger Morris AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough The Dean of Chelmsford, Nicholas Henshall The Archdeacon of Chelmsford, David Lowman The Archdeacon of Colchester, Annette Cooper The Archdeacon of West Ham, Elwin Cockett The Archdeacon of Harlow, Martin Webster The Archdeacon of Stansted, Robin King The Archdeacon of Southend, Mina Smallman The Archdeacon of Barking, John Perumbalath

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Essex (1914–1922; renamed West Ham) Provost of Chelmsford (1929–2000; see Dean of Chelmsford)

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