George Townley

George Frederick Townley (15 April 1891[1] Earls Barton Northamptonshire – 9 March 1977)[2] was the sixth Bishop of Hull in the modern era, serving from 1957 until 1965.

His first post after World War I service was as a curate in Keighley.

He was then Vicar of Lidget Green, Bradford and then of Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, Rural Dean of Scarborough, Archdeacon of Cleveland and finally Archdeacon of York[4] before elevation to the episcopate as a Suffragan to the Archbishop of York.

Papers relating to Townley (his ordination and preferments) are held by the Borthwick Institute in York.

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