Edmund Pearce
British bishop (1870–1935)
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Edmund Courtenay Pearce (17 December 1870 – 13 October 1935) was the inaugural Bishop of Derby[2] from 1927[3] until his death.[4] His brother Ernest was the Bishop of Worcester from 1919 to 1930.[5]
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Born on 17 December 1870 and educated at Christ's Hospital[6] and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge,[7][8] he was ordained in 1899.[9] His career began with a curacy at St James, Muswell Hill.[10] He was then Vicar of St Bene't's, Cambridge, Dean, then Master of his old college and finally (before his elevation to the episcopate) Vice-Chancellor of the University. He died while taking a confirmation service near Glossop.[11]
