Charles de Salis

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Charles de Salis
Assistant Bishop of Bath and Wells (1931–1942)
Orders
Ordination1833 (deacon); 1884 (priest)
Consecration25 July 1911
Personal details
Born(1860-03-19)19 March 1860
Fringford, Oxfordshire, UK
Died24 January 1942(1942-01-24) (aged 81)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
ParentsHenry de Salis & Minnie Henley
SpouseLady Mary Parker
Children2 daughters, 1 son
Alma materExeter College, Oxford

Charles Fane de Salis (1860–1942) was Bishop of Taunton from 1911 to 1930.

Early life

Lady Mary de Salis.
Memorial in Wells Cathedral

Born in Fringford, Oxfordshire, on 18 or 19 March 1860 into an occasionally clerical family, he was educated at Eton[1] and Exeter College, Oxford (MA, DD).[citation needed]

Ministry

Made deacon in 1883 and

assistant bishop of Bath and Wells in 1931. He retired as archdeacon in 1938.[1]

He died on 24 January 1942 and is commemorated in a memorial on the west wall of Wells Cathedral.[8]

Marriage and family

De Salis married his third cousin, on 21 July 1896, Lady Mary Alice (28 June 1863 – 11 January 1930, daughter of Thomas Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield). They had two daughters and a son.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "De Salis, Charles Fane". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 9 March 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  3. ^ Vicar of St Mary’s, East Brent
  4. ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1470.
  5. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 9 March 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  6. ^ "Episcopal Changes Resignation of The Bishop of Taunton" The Times Thursday, 18 September 1930; pg. 12; Issue 45621; col C
  7. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 9 March 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  8. ^ "Memorial to former Bishop of Taunton unveiled" The Times Monday, 22 March 1943; pg. 6; Issue 49500; col D
  9. A. C. Fox-Davies
    , T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1910, p. 541
Church of England titles
Vacant
Title last held by
William Finch
Bishop of Taunton
1911–1930
Succeeded by