Alfred Earle (bishop)

The Rt Rev Alfred Earle DD [The Times, Saturday, Jan 28, 1888; pg. 11; Issue 32294; col G University Intelligence The degree of DD has been conferred on the Ven Alfred Earle] was Bishop of Marlborough from 1898 ["The New Suffragan Bishop Of London" [The Times] Monday, Jan 09, 1888; pg. 10; Issue 32277; col E] to 1900 [ [http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1889/apr/11/the-suffragan-bishop-of-london Suffragan Bishop of London’s stipend] ] . Born in 1827 [“Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X] he was educated at Eton and Hertford College, Oxford. Ordained in 1858 he was appointed Curate of St Edmund's, Salisbury then Rector of Monkton Farleigh. Afterwards he was Vicar of Alvington [ [http://www.wissensdrang.com/stabb241.htm Some old Devon churches] ] followed by a 15 year spell in Totnes, firstly as Rural Dean and latterly as Archdeacon [ [http://library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/earle.htm Papers of Alfred Earle] ] . After his brief service as a Bishop [The Times, Saturday, Feb 25, 1888; pg. 10; Issue 32318; col C "Consecration Of Suffragan Bishops"] he was Dean of Exeter until his death on 28 December 1918.

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