Charles Carr (bishop of Hereford)

Carr in 1922

Charles Lisle Carr (26 September 1871 – 20 May 1942) was an Anglican clergyman who served as the second bishop of the restored see of Coventry in the modern era and the 107th Bishop of Hereford in a long line stretching back to the 7th century.

Early life

Carr was born in Alnwick, Northumberland, the younger son of Robert Carr.^[1] He was educated at Liverpool College, and St Catharine's, Cambridge,^[1] to which college he was elected a Fellow in 1934.^[2]^[3] After university he took Holy Orders at Ridley Hall, Cambridge and embarked on a varied clerical career that took him to many urban locations.^[4]

Ecclesiastical career

Carr was curate of Aston-juxta-Birmingham, 1894–97; Redditch, 1897; Tutor of Ridley Hall, Cambridge, 1897–1902; Vicar of St Sepulchre, Cambridge, 1901–02; Vicar of Blundellsands, Liverpool, 1902–06;^[5] Rector of Woolton, Liverpool, 1906–12; Vicar of Yarmouth 1912–20; Archdeacon of Norfolk, 1916–18; Archdeacon of Norwich, 1918–20; Vicar of Sheffield, 1920–22; Honorary Canon of Sheffield Cathedral, 1920; Archdeacon of Sheffield, 1920–22; Bishop of Coventry, 1922–31; Bishop of Hereford, 1931–41.^[1]

Family

In 1902, Carr married Isabel Wortley, daughter of Thomas Drury, the principal of Ridley Hall. They had one son.^[1] Carr retired in 1941, dying the following February. His wife survived him by 22 years.^[6]

Carr was an active Freemason in the City of Coventry ^[7]

Notes

1 2 3 4 "Carr, Rt Rev. Charles Lisle", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 23 June 2012 (subscription required)
↑ "University News: College Elections At Cambridge", The Times, 21 June 1934, p. 16
↑ "Carr, Charles Lisle (CR889CL)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ Obituary, The Times, 4 February 1942, p. 7
↑ "Ecclesiastical intelligence" The Times (London). Thursday, 3 April 1902. (36732), p. 5.
↑ "Death of Mrs Isabel Carr", The Times, 5 November 1964, p. 14
↑ " Famous Coventry Freemasons"

Church of England titles
Preceded by Herbert Gresford Jones	Archdeacon of Sheffield 1920–1922	Succeeded by John Russell Darbyshire
Preceded by Huyshe Wolcott Yeatman-Biggs	Bishop of Coventry 1922–1931	Succeeded by Mervyn George Haigh
Preceded by Martin Linton Smith	Bishop of Hereford 1931–1942	Succeeded by Richard Godfrey Parsons

Bishops of Coventry

Suffragan	Henry Bowlby Edmund Knox

Diocesan	Huyshe Yeatman-Biggs Charles Carre Mervyn Haigh Neville Gorton Cuthbert Bardsley John Gibbs Simon Barrington-Ward Colin Bennetts Christopher Cocksworth

Bishops of Hereford

Early Medieval	Putta Tyrhtel Torhthere Walhstod Cuthbert of Canterbury Podda Acca Headda Aldberht Esne Ceolmund Utel Wulfheard Beonna Eadwulf Cuthwulf Mucel Deorlaf Cynemund Edgar Tidhelm Wulfhelm Ælfric Athulf

High Medieval	Æthelstan Leofgar Ealdred Walter of Lorraine Robert de Losinga Gerard Roger Reynelm Geoffrey de Clive Richard de Capella Robert de Bethune Gilbert Foliot Robert of Melun Robert Foliot William de Vere Giles de Braose Hugh de Mapenor Hugh Foliot Ralph de Maidstone Michael Peter of Aigueblanche John de Breton Thomas de Cantilupe Richard Swinefield

Late Medieval	Adam Orleton Thomas Charleton John Trilleck Lewis de Charleton William Courtenay John Gilbert Thomas Trevenant Robert Mascall Edmund Lacey Thomas Polton Thomas Spofford Richard Beauchamp Reginald Boulers John Stanberry Thomas Mylling Edmund Audley

Early modern	Adriano Castellesi Richard Mayew Charles Booth Edward Foxe Edmund Bonner John Skypp John Harley Robert Parfew Thomas Reynolds John Scory Herbert Westfaling Robert Bennet Francis Godwin William Juxon Godfrey Goodman Augustine Lindsell Matthew Wren Theophilus Feild George Coke Nicholas Monck Herbert Croft Gilbert Ironside Humphrey Humphreys Philip Bisse Benjamin Hoadly Hon Henry Egerton Lord James Beauclerk Hon John Harley John Butler

Late modern	Folliott Cornewall John Luxmoore George Huntingford Hon Edward Grey Thomas Musgrave Renn Hampden James Atlay John Percival Hensley Henson Linton Smith Charles Carre Richard Parsons Tom Longworth Mark Hodson John Eastaugh John Oliver Anthony Priddis Alistair Magowan (acting) Richard Frith (bishop-elect)

Archdeacons of Sheffield and of Sheffield and Rotherham

Sheffield	John Blakeney Henry Favell John Eyre Herbert Jones Charles Carre Russell Darbyshire Alfred Jarvis Alexander Doull Alfred Jarvis William Baker Douglas Harrison Robin Woods Hayman Johnson Michael Paton Stephen Lowe

Sheffield & Rotherham	Richard Blackburn Martyn Snow Malcolm Chamberlain

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