Charles Abraham (bishop of Derby)
British bishop
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| Intro | British bishop | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
| was | Priest Anglican priest | |
| Work field | Religion | |
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| Religion: | Anglicanism | |
| Birth | 1 January 1857 | |
| Death | 1 January 1945 (aged 88 years) |
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Charles Thomas Abraham (1857–1945) was the second Bishop of Derby (the a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Southwell) from 1909 until 1927.
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"Charlie" is the small boy. His mother is to the right
Abraham was born in 1857. He was the son of Caroline Harriet Abraham and her husband who was also to be a bishop. He was educated at Keble College, Oxford. Ordained in 1881, he began his career with a curacy at St Mary’s, Shrewsbury and was subsequently Vicar of All Saints, Shrewsbury and Christ Church, Lichfield before succeeding Edward Were as Bishop of Derby. His father, Charles, and his son, Philip, were also bishops; another son, Geoffrey, was killed in action during the First World War. After he retired, a cousin bequeathed Little Moreton Hall in Congleton to him. He died on 27 January 1945.