Charles Shipley Cockbill , MA (27 January 1888 -13 March 1965)[1] was the Archdeacon of St Albans in the Church of England from 1951 until 1962.[2]
Cockbill was educated at Bristol Grammar School and St John's College, Oxford.[3] He was ordained in 1911 and began his career with curacies at St John’s, Bridgwater[4] and Holy Trinity, Eltham. He held incumbencies at All Saints, Oakhill, Holy Trinity, Bath[5] and St John the Evangelist, Digswell. He was Diocesan Director of Religious Education for the Diocese of St Albans from 1935 to 1948; and a Canon Residentiary of its cathedral from 1942 to 1958.
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Preceded by Claud Thomas Thellusson Wood |
Archdeacon of St Albans 1951–1962 |
Succeeded by Basil Clark Snell |
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