Alfred Earle (bishop)

Alfred Earle
Bishop of Marlborough
DioceseLondon
In office1888–1918
Other post(s)Archdeacon of Totnes (1872–1888)
Dean of Exeter (1900–1918)
Orders
Ordination1858
Consecration1888
by 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 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[4] (1863–1865)[5] before becoming vicar of West Alvington, South Huish, and South Milton.[5] He then spent fifteen years in Totnes, as, from approximately October 1872[6] until his consecration in 1888, the Archdeacon of Totnes, and where he also became a rural dean and a Canon Residentiary of Exeter Cathedral (1886–1888).[5]

He was consecrated a bishop by Edward Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral on 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]

  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. ^ a b c d Papers of Alfred Earle
  6. ^ "Church news". Church Times. No. 505. 4 October 1872. p. 447. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. ^ "Consecration of suffragan bishops". Church Times. No. 1310. 2 March 1888. p. 186. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  8. ^ The Times, 25 February 1888, p. 10, "Consecration Of Suffragan Bishops"
  9. ^ "Personal". Church Times. No. 1955. 13 July 1900. p. 38. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  10. ^ "Church news". Church Times. No. 1951. 15 June 1900. p. 690. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 19 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  11. ^ "Personal". Church Times. No. 1962. 31 August 1900. p. 210. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  12. ^ "Church news". Church Times. No. 2886. 17 May 1918. p. 370. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  13. ^ "Summary". Church Times. No. 2919. 3 January 1919. p. 3. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  14. ^ "Clerical obituary". Church Times. No. 2919. 3 January 1919. p. 9. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  15. ^ "Personal". Church Times. No. 2917. 20 December 1918. p. 476. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.