Charles Cockbill Explained

Charles Shipley Cockbill , MA (27 January 1888 -13 March 1965)[1] was the Archdeacon of St Albans in the Church of England from 1951 until 1962.[2]

Cockbill was educated at Bristol Grammar School and St John's College, Oxford.[3] He was ordained in 1911 and began his career with curacies at St John's, Bridgwater[4] and Holy Trinity, Eltham. He held incumbencies at All Saints, Oakhill, Holy Trinity, Bath[5] and St John the Evangelist, Digswell. He was diocesan director of religious education for the Diocese of St Albans from 1935 to 1948; and a canon residentiary of its cathedral from 1942 to 1958.

Notes and References

  1. [The Times]
  2. http://www.stalbans.anglican.org/Information/The-Diocesan-Handbook/Section-A-Diocesan-History/A3-Archdeaconries/Archdeacons-of-St-Albans Diocesan web site
  3. [Who's Who|“Who was Who”]
  4. ”The Clergy List” London, Kelly’s, 1913
  5. Web site: Churcxh web site . 2011-12-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080808134140/http://www.holytrinitybath.org.uk/History/HT%20History6.html . 2008-08-08 . dead .