The Right Reverend Horace Norman Vincent Tonks was born at Walsall, England, on 29 January 1891, the son of Henry and Emily Tonks. He married Alice Underwood in 1921. They had two daughters and three sons.
Tonks was educated at Walsall Grammar School and Lichfield Theological College. His career as a clergyman in the Church of England spanned the years 1916 through 1956. A few of his more significant appointments were as Vicar of Saint Sampson with Holy Trinity, Kings Court, York (1926-1935), Archdeacon of Grenada, British West Indies (1935-36), Bishop of the Windward Islands (1936-1940, and Rector of Leybourne, Mailing, Kent (1949-1956).
From the description of Horace Norman Vincent Tonks papers, 1923-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122576376
