Partridge was born, the son of a Canadian,[1] on 31 December 1877.[where?] He was educated privately.[2] before taking Holy OrdersatCuddesdon College, his first curacy being at Hawarden. In 1910 he married Elizabeth Barton: together they had two sons and one daughter.
In 1934 Partridge was appointed a Chaplain to the King, Archdeacon of Oakham and Canon Residentiary of Peterborough Cathedral, in which post he was also Examining Chaplain to the Bishop. In 1937 he was appointed Bishop of Portsmouth, a post he was to hold to his death in October 1941 aged 63.[3] After a funeral service at Portsmouth Cathedral he was interred at East Meon. He was known as
"A man of wise counsel and clear vision" The Earl of Athlone[4]
1921TAB:A Memoir of Thomas Allnutt, 2nd Earl Brassey
1928 The Bishop of Portsmouth and the publication of the rejected prayer book. Correspondence of the Bishop with the Rev. W.A. Limbrick, Secretary of the Protestant Reformation Society to which is added a correspondence of the Secretary with the Rev. Canon F. Partridge upon the same subject.[5]
1929 Disestablishment
1930 The Church Assembly and the Church
1940 The Church House; its art and symbolism by BAKER, Herbert Sir
Church Assembly, 1940 (With an introduction on its history and aims by the bishop of Portsmouth.)
