Frederick Dudley Vaughan Narborough (called Dudley; 13 June 1895 – 21 January 1966)^[1] was an eminent Anglican bishop in the mid-twentieth century.^[2]

Educated at Norwich School and Worcester College, Oxford; he was deaconed at Michaelmastide 1921 (18 September)^[3] and priested the next Michaelmas (24 September 1922) — both times by Hubert Burge, Bishop of Oxford, at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford,^[4] and began his ecclesiastical career as Chaplain at his old college.^[5] After this he was Resident Chaplain to Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury; a Canon Residentiary at Bristol Cathedral;^[6] and then Provost of Southwark Cathedral^[7] before a 20-year spell as Bishop of Colchester.^[8] Until 1959, he was also Archdeacon of Colchester, after then he was also an honorary canon of Chelmsford Cathedral.^[2] He was consecrated a bishop on All Saints' Day 1946 (1 November) at Westminster Abbey;^[9]