Charles Curzon Explained

Charles Edward Curzon (15 April 1878, in Kensington – 1954) was an Anglican bishop, the 6th Bishop of Stepney from 1928 until 1936 when he was appointed Bishop of Exeter.[1]

He educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School and Christ's College, Cambridge. He embarked on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at West Kensington. Incumbencies at Sheffield St Oswald's and Goole[2] followed before elevation to the Suffragan Bishopric of Bishop of Stepney in 1928,[3] a post he held until promotion to the Exeter See in 1936.[4]

Notes and References

  1. [Who's Who (UK)|“Who was Who 1897-1990"]
  2. Book: Odom, Rev. W.. Fifty Years of Sheffield Church Life 1866-1916 . ancestry.com . 17 December 2016.
  3. Ecclesiastical News. The Bishop Of Stepney Consecrated. (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Friday, 19 Oct 1928; pg. 19; Issue 45028; col E
  4. New Bishop Of Exeter Right Rev. C. E. Curzon Appointed (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Tuesday, 15 September 1936; pg. 17; Issue 47480; col C

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