Gordon Tindall
Gordon Leslie Tindall was the eighth Bishop of Grahamstown.
Family
His parents were George William Tindall, from Bilsby, and Alice Dann. His mother's father, Thomas Dann, was the postmaster of Legbourne. His parents were married on 25 July 1902 by Rev Fox at All Saints at Legbourne. They moved to Orby in 1912. His father died, aged 85, in August 1963.Brother Horace George Tindall was also a vicar. In October 1952 Horace became vicar of All Saints in Hutton, Essex.
On Monday 1 June 1936, his only sister Kathleen Alice Tindall married at All Saints church in Orby, with the service taken by her brother Horace, and assisted by Gordon. Kathleen died aged 88 on 4 May 1995 in Skegness Hospital.
His brother Nigel Tindall,, attended Durham University, leaving in 1939. Nigel became a vicar, training at Lincoln, being ordained on 20 December 1942 at Lincoln Cathedral. From March 1950 Nigel was the vicar of Elsham and Worlaby. In August 1957 Nigel became vicar of Rillington. By the 1970s Nigel was the vicar of Trimdon in County Durham. Nigel died aged 73 in June 1988 at 4 Linden Grove, Leadgate, County Durham.
Early life
He grew up in Orby, and attended St Paul's College in Burgh le Marsh, and Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Alford; he attended the school's speech day in July 1966.Tindall was educated at Hatfield College, Durham.
Career
Ordained in 1936, his first post was a curacy in Swinton.In October 1937 he emigrated to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, to become a missionary priest. From 1939 he was rector of Vryburg, then director of the South Bechuanaland Mission. Later he was archdeacon of King William's Town, then diocesan director of religious education in Grahamstown before his appointment to the episcopate.