Charles Abraham (bishop of Derby)

Life

Abraham was born in 1857. He was the son of Caroline 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.