Charles Stubbs

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Charles William Stubbs
Born (1845-09-03)September 3, 1845
Liverpool, England
Died May 4, 1912(1912-05-04) (aged 66)
Truro, England
Education Liverpool Collegiate Institution; Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Church Church of England
Offices held Dean of Ely, Bishop of Truro
Title Right Reverend
Notes

Charles William Stubbs (September 3, 1845 May 4, 1912) was an English clergyman.

He was born in Liverpool and educated at the Liverpool Collegiate Institution and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.[1] As a clergyman he held several incumbencies, among them rector at Wavertree and Granborough. He took a great interest in the working classes and in social subjects, and was liberal both in his political and in his theological opinions. He was Dean of Ely 1894 to 1906 when he was appointed the fourth Bishop of Truro.
His proper style was The Right Reverend Charles William Stubbs, D.D.

Quotations

  • "To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me."

Selected works

References

  1. "Stubbs, Charles William (STBS864CW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. 

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "article name needed". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne. 

Church of England titles
Preceded by
John Gott
Bishop of Truro
19061912
Succeeded by
Winfrid Oldfield Burrows
Preceded by
Charles Merivale
Dean of Ely
1893–1905
Succeeded by
Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick


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