Frederick Boreham

Career Boreham was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and educated at St Aidan's College, Birkenhead and St John's Hall, Durham. He was listed in the 1933–1934 directory of the West China Union University as a teacher of History. He was vicar of Holy Trinity Hull from 1937 to 1947. He also served as Archdeacon of Western Szechwan prior to his appointment as Archdeacon of Cornwall. 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.

Personal life Boreham married Caroline Mildred Slater and had four children, three of whom survived into adulthood: Peter, Cicely and John.