Charles Abraham (bishop of Derby)
British bishop (1857–1945)
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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 (aged 87–88) |
| Parents | Charles Abraham Caroline Abraham |
| Children | Philip Selwyn Abraham |
Life
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.
