Charles Edward Curzon

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Charles Edward Curzon was the 6th Anglican Bishop of Stepney from 1928^[1] until 1936 when he was appointed Bishop of Exeter^[2]. He was born in 1878^[3] and educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School and Christ's College, Cambridge before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a Curacy at West Kensington. Incumbencies at Sheffield^[4] and Goole followed before elevation to the Suffragan Bishopric of Bishop of Stepney in 1928, a post he held until promotion to the Exeter See. He died in 1954.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Henry Mosley	Bishop of Stepney 1928 –1936	Succeeded by Robert Hamilton Moberly
Preceded by Lord William Gascoyne-Cecil	Bishop of Exeter 1936 –1948	Succeeded by Robert Cecil Mortimer

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1. ^ Ecclesiastical News. The Bishop Of Stepney Consecrated. (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Friday, Oct 19, 1928; pg. 19; Issue 45028; col E
2. ^ New Bishop Of Exeter Right Rev. C. E. Curzon Appointed (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Tuesday, Sep 15, 1936; pg. 17; Issue 47480; col C
3. ^ “Who was Who 1897-1990" London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
4. ^ St Oswald’s

v • d • e Bishops of Stepney George Forrest Browne • Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram • Cosmo Lang • Henry Luke Paget • Henry Mosley • Charles Edward Curzon • Robert Hamilton Moberly • Joost de Blank • Francis Evered Lunt • Trevor Huddleston • James Lawton Thompson • Richard John Carew Chartres • John Sentamu • Stephen Oliver •

v • d • e Bishops of Exeter since 1908 Archibald Robertson • Lord William Gascoyne-Cecil • Charles Edward Curzon • Robert Cecil Mortimer • Eric Arthur John Mercer • Geoffrey Hewlett Thompson • Michael Langrish •