Charles Sandford (bishop)
Appearance
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
- ^ NPG details
- ^ Bishops of Gibraltar
- ^ "Rt. Rev. Charles Waldegrave Sandford". The Peerage. 27 January 2010.
- ^ 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
- ^ The Times, Tuesday, 16 January 1849; p. 5; Issue 20074; col B University Intelligence. Oxford Jan. 15
- ^ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
- ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives[permanent dead link ]
- ^ Obituary The Bishop Of Gibraltar The Times Thursday, 10 December 1903; p. 8; Issue 37260; col C