Charles Cornish
Charles Edward Cornish (9 October 1842 – 14 July 1936) was an Anglican bishop in the late nineteenth[1] and early twentieth centuries.[2]
Charles Cornish | |
|---|---|
| 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) |
Early life
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 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
- Quiet Days. By the Author of "Præparatio," Etc. With a Preface by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Grahamstown [i.e. Charles E. Cornish]. London, Oxford. 1909.
- Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Grahamstown ... July 3rd, 1902, and Charge Delivered to the Synod ... July 5th, 1902, Etc. Grahamstown: Grocott & Sherry. 1902.
Notes and references
- Anon, The Clerical Guide or Ecclesiastical Directory, London, John Phillips, 1900
- Grahamstown Cathedral Union
- Wills & Saffery 2006, p. 82.
- "New Bishop Of Grahamstown". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 27 February 1899. Retrieved 2014-09-07 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Gould 1924, p. xviii.
- "The Right Rev. C. E. Cornish Former Bishop Of Grahamstown". The Times (47428). London. July 16, 1936. col B, p. 18.
- Wills, Walter H.; Saffery, David (2006). The Anglo-African Who's Who and Biographical Sketchbook, 1907. Jeppestown Press. ISBN 978-0-9553936-3-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Gould, Charles (1924). Grahamstown Cathedral: A Guide and Short History. Grahamstown Diocesan Registry.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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| Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles | ||
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| Preceded by Allan Webb |
Bishop of Grahamstown 1899 –1915 |
Succeeded by Francis Phelps |
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