Charles Sandford (bishop)

Charles Waldegrave Sandford[1] was the fourth Bishop of Gibraltar.[2]

He was born in 1828[3] into an ecclesiastical family[4] and educated at Rugby and Christ Church, Oxford.[5] Later he was a Tutor there then Rector of Bishopsbourne[6] before his elevation to the Episcopate.[7] A Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died on 8 December 1903.[8] His grandfather Daniel Sandford (bishop of Edinburgh) and first cousin Daniel Sandford (Bishop of Tasmania) was also Anglican bishops.

Notes

  1. ↑ NPG details
  2. ↑ Bishops of Gibraltar
  3. ↑ "Rt. Rev. Charles Waldegrave Sandford". The Peerage. 27 January 2010.
  4. ↑ His father was the Ven John Sandford, Archdeacon of Coventry > "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  5. ↑ The Times, Tuesday, 16 January 1849; p. 5; Issue 20074; col B University Intelligence. Oxford Jan. 15
  6. ↑ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  7. ↑ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  8. ↑ Obituary The Bishop Of Gibraltar The Times Thursday, 10 December 1903; p. 8; Issue 37260; col C
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Charles Amyand Harris		 Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe
1874– 1903 		Succeeded by
William Edward Collins
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