Charles Edward Cornish (9 October 1842 – 14 July 1936) was an

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in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Early life

Cornish was born to Charles Lewis Cornish (then Dean of Exeter College, Oxford) and Eleanor Monro in London, England on 9 October 1842. He was educated at

Uppingham Uppingham is a market town in Rutland, England, off the A47 between Leicester and Peterborough, south of the county town, Oakham. It had a population of 4,745 according to the 2011 census, estimated at 4,853 in 2019. It is known for its ep ...

and Exeter College, Oxford, where he graduated with an MA and DD He also earned an MA from the

University of Cape Town The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...

. He married Mary Randall, daughter of

Henry Randall Henry Goldney Randall (8 August 1808, in Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire – 8 August 1881) was Archdeacon of Bristol from 1873 until his death at his residence at Christian Malford. Randall was the second son of Richard Randall of Old Jewry, Lo ...

(later Archdeacon of Bristol) in Bristol in 1867.

Church career

Cornish was ordained in 1870. After a curacy at St George's,

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, he held incumbencies at St Peter and St Paul, South Petherton and St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol; his wife's father had earlier also been vicar of St Mary Redcliffe. In 1899, he was appointed Bishop of Grahamstown,

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, a post he held for 16 years. He died on 14 July 1936.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cornish, Charles Edward 1842 births People educated at Uppingham School Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford Anglican bishops of Grahamstown 19th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops 20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops 1936 deaths