Charles Edward Cornish (9 October 1842 – 14 July 1936) was an

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in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Early life

Cornish was born to Charles Lewis Cornish (then Dean of

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) and Eleanor Monro in London, England on 9 October 1842. He was educated at

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and

, where he graduated with an MA and DD He also earned an MA from the

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. He married Mary Randall, daughter of Henry Randall (later Archdeacon of Bristol) in Bristol in 1867.

Church career

Cornish was ordained in 1870. After a

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at St George's,

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, he held incumbencies at St Peter and St Paul,

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and St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol; his wife's father had earlier also been vicar of St Mary Redcliffe. In 1899, he was appointed

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, a post he held for 16 years. He died on 14 July 1936.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cornish, Charles Edward 1842 births People educated at Uppingham School Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford Anglican bishops of Grahamstown 19th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops 20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops 1936 deaths