Sir Charles Gordon-Cumming-Dunbar, Bt | |
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Anglican Archdeacon of Grenada | |
Church | Church of England |
See | Barbados |
In office | 1875–1877 |
Personal details | |
Born | 14 February 1844 |
Died | 8 January 1916 Ramsgate |
Previous post(s) | Chaplain to the Bishop of Colombo |
Charles Gordon-Cumming-Dunbar (b Elgin 14 February 1844 - d Ramsgate 8 January 1916) was an Anglican priest in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
He was educated at Winchester College and the University of Jena; and ordained in 1867.[1] His first post was as Chaplain to the Bishop of Colombo.[2] After that he refused the chance to be the first Bishop of Pretoria but accepted the Archdeaconry of Grenada, serving from 1875[3] to 1877. On his return he held incumbencies at Little Heath[4] and Walthamstow.[5]
On 17 October 1872 he married Edith Wentworth, youngest daughter of William Charles Wentworth. He had one daughter Beatrix Leyla Marjorie Wentworth who died on 8 January 1919, leaving issue.