I need a brief summary of the career of -- Brinkworth, who was headmaster of
St Ignatius College, Stamford Hill, London, during, and perhaps before
or after or both, the 1939-45 war. (The college was in fact evacuated
to Welwyn Garden City, Herts, during these years).

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Request for Question Clarification by leli-ga on 26 Mar 2004 02:24 PST

Hello again brenbox

I'd like to help with this question but there's so little information out there. 

All I've discovered so far is Father Brinkworth's nickname amongst the
boys (Chang), and evidence that he stayed at St. Ignatius College
until the 1960s.

Have you already considered the possiblity that he is the same
Brinkworth who wrote a number of books/pamphlets on religious themes?
The dates and connection to the Jesuits fit quite well but I can't
find any hard evidence.

If you think they may be one and the same man, I'll look into this further.

Leli

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Clarification of Question by brenbox-ga on 30 Mar 2004 04:04 PST

Dear Leli, I wrote to you last Friday but due I think to a table-leg
pressing on a telephone wire lost the reply and some other things.
Then I was away for the weekend. I'm sorry about the consequent delay
in replying. It's nice to see you turning your talents to Fr
Brinkworth, but I don't think I can tell you much more than I have. It
is obviously likely that my Brinkworth is the same as the one who
wrote religious pamphlets and so on, and I'm happy to take a chance on
it. Anything about him would be appreciated, but especially, if
anything exists, about the evacuation of the school from Stamford Hill
to Welwyn Garden City. Even if you don't find they are the same person
I'll pay up for information on Brinkworth the author, but hope of
course you do. Yours Brenbox

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Request for Question Clarification by leli-ga on 31 Mar 2004 01:16 PST

Dear Brenbox

I've put what information I could find in the comments section at the
foot of the page.

Best Wishes - Leli

Dear Brenbox 

Nice to hear from you, but I'm afraid I haven't succeeded in putting
together a "summary of his career", so the information I did find is
here in the comments section, not the answer box. I hope it gets you
started.

It does seem likely there was just one Father Brinkworth, involved in
editing in the early thirties, soon afterwards running a school,
retiring from headmastership in the late sixties, and starting to
publish in 1970.

Perhaps an ex-pupil or one of the publishers will be able to help you
further? Would there have been an obituary in the Catholic Herald?
Have you thought of contacting universities and colleges where he
might have studied?

Good luck with the research - Leli


Father Brinkworth the Headmaster
--------------------------------

He was at St. Ignatius during the war and stayed into the sixties,
probably until about 1968.

Memories of 1933-37 do not mention him.

The boys called him Chang.

He "funded" several "charity" pupils, and took a special interest in them. 

He was interested in the St. Ignatius College Reconstruction Association.

There are also a few anecdotes about him on the Friends Reunited
message boards, where I found this information, and where you can read
ex-pupils' memories and see school photographs from the fifties and
sixties.

You may be able to make contact with Old Boys who remember him through
this website. To do that, you would have to pay a subscription to
upgrade the free registration which permits you to browse through the
messages.

Friends Reunited
http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk/


It seems that part of the College was evacuated to Hemel Hempstead,
not Welwyn Garden City:
"I attended St Ignatius College 1942 as an evacuee at the part of the
College that was evacuated to Hemel Hempstead. The Head teacher was
Father Delahunty SJ and another younger Jesuit whose name I forget but
he had a lovely head of red hair. We used a little school at Piccotts
End just north of Hemel Hempstead near Gadebridge Park."


There are one or two anecdotes about St. Ignatius College in Welwyn
Garden City in the memoirs of someone who was at Our Lady's Convent
school there, but nothing about Fr. Brinkworth. See Chapters 21, 22
and 24:
http://www.militantesthetix.co.uk/yealm/CONTENTS.htm



Guy Edward A. Brinkworth SJ
---------------------------

Born on 30 August 1902 -  outside Britain, as far as I can tell.

Death registered in Westminster, March 1987

Information from death registration details at:
https://www.1837online.com/

1933 - edited translation of book by Reatz

Jesus Christ: His life, His teaching, His work 
by Auguste Reatz 
Translated by Mary Sands and edited by Rev. G. Brinkworth, S.J . 
London : Sands & Co. 1933

1940s - corresponded with CS Lewis on spiritual matters
"Fr. Guy Brinkworth, a Jesuit, who corresponded with Lewis during the
period 1940-50"
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/4354/Lewis.html

1970 - started publishing - links with Wimbledon College, and with a
Convent of Mercy, either in London or Fishguard, or both.

Personal Renewal and Formal Prayer
Wimbledon College, London 1970. 

The Lay Contemplative Ideal
Wimbledon College, London 1970

Renewal and the Daily Sacraments
Wimbledon College, London 1971 

Take, O Lord : 
Everyman's Guide to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
a D.I.Y. manual for private retreats or prayerful reading at home or
elsewhere, full-time or part-time
Fishguard or London [?]: Convent of Mercy 1972

World justice - do we care? 
London : Catholic Truth Society , 1973

Our beloved physician : a study of St. Luke
Fishguard  1974

Adam Schall : missionary and mandarin 
London : Catholic Trust [Truth?] Society, 1981

The Divine King`s Challenge. 
Some Humble Meditations on the "Beatitudes"
Personal Spiritual Renewal Series
Fishguard? no date


Publishing information came from two sources:

1 The COPAC libraries catalogue at:
http://www.copac.ac.uk/copac/

2 The secondhand book catalogue at:
http://used.addall.com/


Email address for the Catholic Herald on this page:
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/Contact.htm