Hon. Samuel Waldegrave (13 September 1817 – 1 October 1869) was

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from 1860 until his death. The second son of the 8th Earl Waldegrave, he was educated at

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and graduated B.A. from

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in 1839. In 1842, he became a

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and was then

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to St Ebbe's, Oxford and rector of

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in 1844. He was then

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in 1857 before becoming a bishop in 1860. On 23 January 1845, he had married Jane Anne Pym (d. 6 June 1877), a great-grandaunt of

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, and he died in office at

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in 1869. He left a son and a daughter.

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1817 births 1869 deaths Bishops of Carlisle Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford People educated at Cheam School

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