Charles Thomas Abraham (1857 – 27 January 1945) was a British Anglican minister who served as the bishop of Derby from 1909 until 1927.[1]
Charles Abraham | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Derby | |
 Abraham in 1910 | |
| 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 |
Life
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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.
References
edit- ^ New Suffragan Bishops The Times Monday, Sep 13, 1909; pg. 10; Issue 39063; col F
- ^ Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Abraham, Caroline Harriet". teara.govt.nz.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Descendants of Philip Furse". www.green.gen.name.
- ^ "Church details". Archived from the original on 19 October 2010.
- ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 405.
- ^ Bishop Abraham Memorial The TimesTuesday, Mar 31, 1903; pg. 15; Issue 37042; col B
- ^ Obituary-The Bishop Of Newfoundland Right Rev. P. S. Abraham The Times Saturday, Dec 24, 1955; pg. 9; Issue 53412; col A
- ^ "Roll of Honour - Derbyshire - Bakewell". www.roll-of-honour.com.
- ^ Anderson, David M. (September 2011). "Punishment, Race and 'The Raw Native': Settler Society and Kenya's Flogging Scandals, 1895–1930". Journal of Southern African Studies. 37 (3): 479–497. doi:10.1080/03057070.2011.602887. S2CID 143999794.
- ^ "Little Moreton Hall: Cheshire's Crooked House". www.timetravel-britain.com.
External links
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