Alfred Earle (bishop)

Memorial in Exeter Cathedral

Alfred Earle[1] (1827 – 28 December 1918) was the Bishop of Marlborough from 1888 to 1900.[2][3]

He was born the son of surgeon Henry Earle and was educated at Eton College and Hertford College, Oxford.

He was ordained in 1858 and was a curate of St Edmund's Salisbury and then rector of Monkton Farleigh before becoming vicar of Alvington.[4] He then had 15 years in Totnes, where he also became a rural dean and, from 1872 to 1888, the Archdeacon of Totnes.[5] After his time as Bishop of Marlborough[6] he became the Dean of Exeter until his death.

References

  1. The Times, 28 January 1888, p. 11, "University Intelligence: The degree of DD has been conferred on the Ven Alfred Earle"
  2. "The New Suffragan Bishop Of London". The Times, 9 January 1888, p. 10
  3. "Suffragan Bishop of London’s stipend"
  4. "Some old Devon churches"
  5. Papers of Alfred Earle
  6. The Times, 25 February 1888, p. 10, "Consecration Of Suffragan Bishops"
Church of England titles
Preceded by
John Downall
Archdeacon of Totnes
1872 1887
Succeeded by
Charles Thomas Wilkinson
Preceded by
Inaugural appointment
Bishop of Marlborough
1888 1900
Succeeded by
In abeyance
Preceded by
Benjamin Morgan Cowie
Dean of Exeter
1900 1918
Succeeded by
Henry Reginald Gamble


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