Charles Edward Cottrell Lefroy was an

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, most notably

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, from 1907 until 1912. The son of an early settler to West Australia, Lefroy was educated at

Bradfield College Bradfield College is a coeducational public school (independent boarding and day school) for pupils aged 13–18, in the village of Bradfield, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. It is noted for its open-air Greek theatre and its trien ...

;

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; and

Ely Theological College Ely Theological College was a college in Ely, Cambridgeshire, for training clergy in the Church of England. Founded in 1876 by James Woodford, Anglican Bishop of Ely, the college had a strong Anglo-Catholic tradition. Ely's "ritualistic" ( ...

. He was

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in 1889, and

in 1890. He was an Assistant Master at

Dulwich College Dulwich College is a 2-18 private, day and boarding school for boys in Dulwich, London, England. As a public school, it began as the College of God's Gift, founded in 1619 by Elizabethan actor Edward Alleyn, with the original purpose of ...

from 1889 to 1893;

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of Great Ilford from 1893 to 1896;

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of Swan District, Western Australia from 1888 to 1889;

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of the Clergy Training College, Perth, from 1899 to 1904; Rector of

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from 1904 to 1918. After returning from Australia he held incumbencies at

Chiddingfold Chiddingfold is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Weald in the Waverley, Surrey, Waverley district of Surrey, England. It lies on the A283 road between Milford, Surrey, Milford and Petworth. The parish includes the h ...

and

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before retiring in 1927.Surrey CC
/ref> He died on 31 December 1940.

References

19th-century Australian Anglican priests 20th-century Australian Anglican priests Archdeacons of Perth, WA People educated at Bradfield College Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Alumni of Ely Theological College 1940 deaths {{Australia-reli-bio-stub