Samuel Edward Marsden (183215 October 1912) was an Anglican bishop. He was the first

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. Marsden was born into a clerical family in

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: his grandfather was the Rev.

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, formerly senior chaplain at

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."Deaths: Rt Rev Samuel Edward Marsden", ''

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'', 18 October 1912, p.1 He came to England as a boy and was educated at

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, graduating BA in 1855.

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in 1855, his first positions were curacies within the

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. From 1861 to 1869 he was

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when he was ordained to the

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. Widely praised for his "helpful teaching, sympathy and liberal gifts", he resigned his See in 1885. Returning to

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, he lived in

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and was appointed an Assistant Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol in 1892; by 1900 (after the re-erection of the

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in 1897), he was Assistant Bishop of both dioceses (of Gloucester and of Bristol). After his death, a memorial was erected to his memory in

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1832 births Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Anglican bishops of Bathurst Australian people of English descent 1912 deaths {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub