# Frederick Boreham

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**Frederick Boreham** (7 June 1888 – 1 February 1966)[2] was [Archdeacon of Cornwall](/source/Archdeacon_of_Cornwall) and [Chaplain to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II](/source/Household_of_Elizabeth_II#Eccliastical_Household).

## Career

Boreham was born in [Tunbridge Wells](/source/Royal_Tunbridge_Wells), [Kent](/source/Kent), and educated at [St Aidan's College, Birkenhead](/source/St_Aidan's_College,_Birkenhead) and [St John's Hall, Durham](/source/St_John's_College,_Durham).[1] He served as a missionary in [Mianyang](/source/Mianyang) (formerly spelt *Mien Yong*), [Sichuan](/source/Sichuan) (formerly *Szechwan*), west China under the [Church Missionary Society](/source/Church_Mission_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](/source/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](/source/West_China_Union_University) as a teacher of History.[4] He was vicar of [Holy Trinity Hull](/source/Hull_Minster) from 1937 to[5] 1947. He also served as Archdeacon of [Western Szechwan](/source/Diocese_of_Western_China) 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](/source/Truro_Cathedral).

## Personal life

Boreham married Caroline Mildred Slater and had four children, three of whom survived into adulthood: Peter, Cicely and [John](/source/John_Boreham).

## See also

- [Anglicanism in Mianyang](/source/Anglicanism_in_Mianyang)
- [Anglicanism in Sichuan](/source/History_of_Anglicanism_in_Sichuan)
- [Diocese of Truro](/source/Diocese_of_Truro)
- [Vyvyan Donnithorne](/source/Vyvyan_Donnithorne)
- [Gospel Church, Mianyang](/source/Gospel_Church,_Mianyang)

## Notes

1. ["Accession 689: Papers of Frederick Boreham"](https://www.calmview.bham.ac.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=XCMSACC%2F689). *calmview.[bham.ac.uk](/source/University_of_Birmingham)*. 1913–1934. Retrieved 29 April 2023.

1. *Deaths.* [The Times](/source/The_Times) (London, England), Monday, May 16, 1966; pg. 14; Issue 56632

1. ["The Editors—To Date"](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AThe_West_China_Missionary_News_(February_1939).pdf&page=8). *The West China Missionary News*. Chengtu: West China Missions Advisory Board. February 1939. p. 40. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

1. ["Directory of Students and Faculty of the West China Union University 1933–1934"](https://divinity-adhoc.library.yale.edu/UnitedBoard/West_China_Union_University/Box%20279/RG011-279-4403.pdf). *[divinity-adhoc.library.yale.edu](/source/Yale_Divinity_School)*. 1934. p. 6. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

1. [Crockford's Clerical Directory](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory) 1938 p131: Oxford, OUP, 1938

1. *Ecclesiastical News.* [The Times](/source/The_Times) (London, England), Saturday, Oct 01, 1949; pg. 7; Issue 51501

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