Charles Cornish

The Rt Rev Charles Edward Cornish (9 October 1842-14 July 1936) was an Anglican Bishop in the late nineteenth[1] and early twentieth centuries.[2]

Cornish was educated at Uppingham and Exeter College, Oxford [3] and 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,[1]. In 1899 he was appointed Bishop of Grahamstown[4] a post he held for 16 years.[5]

He died on 14 July 1936[6].

Church of England titles
Preceded by
Alan Becher Webb		 Bishop of Grahamstown
1899 –1915		 Succeeded by
Francis Robinson Phelps

Notes

  1. ^ a b "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  2. ^ Grahamstown Cathedral Union
  3. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
  4. ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  5. ^ University of the Witwatersrand
  6. ^ The Right Rev. C. E. Cornish Former Bishop Of Grahamstown The Times Thursday, July 16, 1936; pg. 18; Issue 47428; col B
Bishops of Grahamstown