Charles 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 | (aged 93)
Charles Edward Cornish (9 October 1842 – 14 July 1936) was an Anglican bishop in the late 19th[1] and early 20th centuries.[2]
Cornish was born to Charles Lewis Cornish (then Dean of Exeter College, Oxford) and Eleanor Monro in London, England on 9 October 1842. He was educated at Uppingham and Exeter College, Oxford, where he graduated with an MA and DD He also earned an MA from the University of Cape Town.[3]
He married Mary Randall, daughter of Henry Randall (later Archdeacon of Bristol) in Bristol in 1867.[4]
Cornish was ordained in 1870. After a curacy at St George's, Bristol, he held incumbencies at St Peter and St Paul, South Petherton and St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol;[5] his wife's father had earlier also been vicar of St Mary Redcliffe.[4] In 1899, he was appointed Bishop of Grahamstown, Cape Colony,[6] a post he held for 16 years.[7]
He died on 14 July 1936.[8]
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