Alfred Earle (bishop)

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Alfred Earle
Edward Benson
Personal details
Born(1827-12-22)22 December 1827
Died28 December 1918(1918-12-28) (aged 91)
Torquay, England
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
ParentsHenry Earle
Alma materHertford College, Oxford

Alfred Earle[1] (22 December 1827 – 28 December 1918) was the Bishop of Marlborough from 1888 to his death.[2][3]

He was born the son of surgeon

Canon Residentiary of Exeter Cathedral (1886–1888).[5]

He was consecrated a

St Matthias' day (24 February) 1888.[7][8] As Bishop of Marlborough, he was suffragan to Frederick Temple and Mandell Creighton as successive Bishops of London, and was given charge of the western part of the Diocese of London.[9] Alongside his bishopric, he also held two successive livings: Rector of St Michael, Cornhill (1888–1895), and Rector of St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate and a Prebendary of St Paul's (1896–1900).[5] Earle was often in ill-health during this period, and Alfred Barry (former Primate of Australia) frequently deputised for him; when Earle resigned his responsibilities for West London in June 1900, Barry took these up (but not the See).[10]

Installed as Dean of Exeter on 28 August 1900, Earle left London but nominally retained his see[11] until his death. He resigned the deanery during 1918,[12] and died at the end of the year,[13] at Torquay, Devon,[14] in the week following his 91st birthday.[15]

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Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Totnes
1872–1888
Succeeded by
In abeyance
Title last held by
Thomas Lancaster
Bishop of Marlborough
1888–1918
In abeyance
Preceded by Dean of Exeter
1900–1918
Succeeded by