Charles Edward Curzon (15 April 1878, in

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– 1954) was an

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bishop, the 6th

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from 1928 until 1936 when he was appointed

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. He educated at

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and

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. He embarked on an ecclesiastical career with a

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. Incumbencies at

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St Oswald's and

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followed before elevation to the

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in 1928, a post he held until promotion to the Exeter See in 1936.''New Bishop Of Exeter Right Rev. C. E. Curzon Appointed (Official Appointments and Notices)'' The Times Tuesday, 15 September 1936; pg. 17; Issue 47480; col C

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Bishops of Stepney Bishops of Chester 20th-century Church of England bishops People educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge 1878 births 1954 deaths {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub