Charles Sandford (bishop)

The Rt Rev Charles Waldegrave Sandford,[1] DD was the fourth Bishop of Gibraltar.[2]

He was born in 1828[3] into an ecclesiastical family[4] and educated at Rugby and Christ Church, Oxford.[5] Later he was a Tutor there then Rector of Bishopsbourne[6] before his elevation to the Episcopate.[7] A Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died on 8 December 1903.[8] His grandfather Daniel Sandford (bishop of Edinburgh) and first cousin Daniel Sandford (Bishop of Tasmania) was also Anglican bishops.

Notes

  1. ^ NPG details
  2. ^ Bishops of Gibraltar
  3. ^ the peerage.com
  4. ^ His father was the Ven John Sandford, Archdeacon of Coventry > “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
  5. ^ The Times, Tuesday, 16 January 1849; p. 5; Issue 20074; col B University Intelligence. Oxford Jan. 15
  6. ^ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  7. ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  8. ^ Obituary The Bishop Of Gibraltar The Times Thursday, 10 December 1903; p. 8; Issue 37260; col C
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Charles Amyand Harris		 Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe
1874– 1903		 Succeeded by
William Edward Collins
Bishops of Gibraltar

George Tomlinson  • Walter Trower • Charles Harris • Charles Sandford • William Collins • Henry Knight • John Greig • Frederick Hicks • Harold Buxton • Cecil Horsley • Frederick Craske • Stanley Eley • John Satterthwaite • John Hind • Geoffrey Rowell