Charles Curzon

Charles Curzon
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Charles Edward Curzon (15 April 1878, Kensington – 1954) was an Anglican bishop, the 6th Bishop of Stepney from 1928 until 1936 when he was appointed Bishop of Exeter.[1]

Charles Edward Curzon was born in 1878 and educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School and Christ's College, Cambridge.[2] He embarked on an ecclesiastical career with a Curacy at West Kensington. Incumbencies at Sheffield[3] and Goole followed before elevation to the Suffragan Bishopric of Bishop of Stepney in 1928,[4] a post he held until promotion to the Exeter See in 1936.[5] He died in 1954.

Notes

  1. ^ “Who was Who 1897-1990" London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
  2. ^ Curzon, Charles Edward in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
  3. ^ St Oswald’s
  4. ^ Ecclesiastical News. The Bishop Of Stepney Consecrated. (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Friday, Oct 19, 1928; pg. 19; Issue 45028; col E
  5. ^ New Bishop Of Exeter Right Rev. C. E. Curzon Appointed (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Tuesday, Sep 15, 1936; pg. 17; Issue 47480; col C
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Henry Mosley		 Bishop of Stepney
1928 –1936		 Succeeded by
Robert Hamilton Moberly
Preceded by
Lord William Gascoyne-Cecil		 Bishop of Exeter
1936 –1948		 Succeeded by
Robert Cecil Mortimer
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George Forrest Browne • Arthur Winnington-Ingram • Cosmo Gordon Lang • Luke Paget • Henry Mosley • Charles Curzon • Robert Moberly • Joost de Blank • Evered Lunt • Trevor Huddleston • Jim Thompson • Richard Chartres • John Sentamu • Stephen Oliver • Pete Broadbent (Acting) • Adrian Newman
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John Arundel • Hugh Oldham • John Vesey • Myles Coverdale • John Vesey • James Turberville • William Alley • William Bradbridge • John Woolton • Gervase Babington • William Cotton • Valentine Cary • Joseph Hall • Ralph Brownrigg • John Gauden • Seth Ward • Anthony Sparrow • Thomas Lamplugh • Sir Jonathan Trelawney Bt • Ofspring Blackall • Lancelot Blackburne • Stephen Weston • Nicholas Clagett • George Lavington • Frederick Keppel • John Ross • William Buller • Reginald Courtenay
Late modern

John Fisher • George Pelham • William Carey • Christopher Bethell • Henry Phillpotts • Frederick Temple • Edward Bickersteth • Herbert Edward Ryle • Archibald Robertson • Lord William Cecil • Charles Curzon • Robert Mortimer • Eric Mercer • Hewlett Thompson • Michael Langrish



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