Charles Waldegrave Sandford (1828–1903) was the fourth Bishop of Gibraltar. He was born in 1828 into an ecclesiastical family and educated at Rugby and

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. Later he was a

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there then Rector of

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before his elevation to the

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. A Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died on 8 December 1903.''Obituary The Bishop Of Gibraltar''

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Thursday, 10 December 1903; p. 8; Issue 37260; col C His grandfather Daniel Sandford and first cousin Daniel Sandford were also Anglican

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Publications

Sandford, C. W. (1886) Our church in Cyprus: a sermon. Oxford & London: Parker and Co.

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1828 births Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford People educated at Rugby School 19th-century Anglican bishops of Gibraltar 20th-century Anglican bishops of Gibraltar 1903 deaths

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Sub-Prelates of the Venerable Order of Saint John {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub