Charles Abraham | |
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Bishop of Derby | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Bishop of Derby (suffragan) |
See | Diocese of Southwell |
Personal details | |
Born | 1857 |
Died | 27 January 1945 |
Parents |
Charles Abraham Caroline Abraham |
Children | Philip Selwyn Abraham |
Charles Thomas Abraham (1857 – 27 January 1945) was a British Anglican minister who served as the bishop of Derby from 1909 until 1927. [1]
Abraham was born in 1857. He was the son of Charles and Caroline Abraham. [2] He was educated at Keble College, Oxford. [3] Ordained in 1881, he began his career with a curacy at St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury [4] and was subsequently Vicar of All Saints, Shrewsbury and Christ Church, Lichfield before succeeding Edward Were as the bishop of Derby (suffragan). [5] His father, Charles, [6] and his son, Philip, [7] were also bishops; another son, Geoffrey, was killed in action during the First World War. [8] Another son, Jasper, was notorious for killing a Kenyan servant by flogging in 1923; the light sentence he received provoked a change in the legal system of Kenya Colony. [9]
After Bishop Abraham retired, a cousin bequeathed Little Moreton Hall in Congleton to him. [10] He died on 27 January 1945.
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