Horace Norman Vincent Tonks (29 January 1891 – 25 November 1959) was an Anglican colonial bishopNational Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives in the Windward Islands from 1936 Ecclesiastical News Bishop Of The Windward Islands The Times Monday, Jul 06, 1936; pg. 9; Issue 47419; col B until 1949.
He was born in Walsall, England,Pitts Theology Library on 29 January 1891 to Henry and Emily Tonks and educated at the town's Queen Mary's Grammar School and Lichfield Theological College.“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 Ordained in 1918Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941 after a curacy in Fenton, he was priest in charge of Holy Cross, Airedale, then from 1926 to 1935 the vicar of Saint Sampson with Holy Trinity in York.Saint Silas After that he was Archdeacon of Grenada for a brief period in 1935 and 1936 before his appointment to the episcopate in the Windward Islands. On his return to England, he was Rector of Leybourne in Kent from 1949 to 1956. He died on 25 November 1959.The Times, Friday, Nov 27, 1959; pg. 17; Issue 54629; col C Obituary Rt. Rev. H. N. V. Tonks
Family In 1921, he married Alice Underwood. They had three sons and two daughters.
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Horace Norman Vincent Tonks papers, 1923-1956 at Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology