Charles Cornish
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| The Right Reverend Charles Edward Cornish |
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| Bishop of Grahamstown | |
| Church | Anglican |
| Diocese | Grahamstown |
| In office | 1899 – 1915 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1870 |
| Consecration | 1899 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 October 1842 |
| Died | 14 July 1936 |
Charles Edward Cornish (1842–1936) was an Anglican Bishop in the late nineteenth[1] and early twentieth centuries.[2]
Early life
Cornish was born to the Revd Charles Lewis Cornish and Eleanor Monro in London, England on 9 October 1842. He was educated at Uppingham and Exeter College, Oxford, where he graduated with a M.A and D.D. He also earned a M.A. from the University of Cape Town.[3]
He married Mary Randall in Bristol in 1867.
Church career
Cornish was ordained in 1870. After a curacy at St George’s, Bristol Cornish held incumbencies at St Peter and St Paul, South Petherton and St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol. In 1899 he was appointed Bishop of Grahamstown,[4] a post he held for 16 years.[5]
He died on 14 July 1936.[6]
Publications
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Notes and references
- ↑ Anon, The Clerical Guide or Ecclesiastical Directory, London, John Phillips, 1900
- ↑ Grahamstown Cathedral Union
- ↑ Wills 2006, p. 82.
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- ↑ Gould 1924, p. xviii.
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Grahamstown 1899 –1915 |
Succeeded by Francis Robinson Phelps |
