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The Rt. Rev. Edmund Courtenay Pearce was the inaugural
The Rt. Rev. Edmund Courtenay Pearce was the inaugural Bishop of Derby
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from 1927 until his death in 1935. His brother Ernest
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was the Bishop of Worcester from 1919 to 1930.
Born on 17 December 1870 and educated at Christ's Hospital
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and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1899. His career began with a curacy
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at St James, Muswell Hill
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. He was then Vicar
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of St Bene't's, Cambridge, Dean
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then Master
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of his old college and finally (before his elevation to the episcopate
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) Vice-Chancellor of the University. He died while taking a confirmation service near Glossop.
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1870 births People educated at Christ's Hospital Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Masters of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge Bishops of Derby 20th-century Church of England bishops 1935 deaths {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub