Rt. Rev. Charles John Abraham

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Adm. at KING'S, a Scholar from Eton, July 2, 1833. 2nd s. of Thomas, Capt., 16th Regt., on the Staff of the R.M.C., Sandhurst, Berks.
B. there June 17, 1814.
Matric. Michs. 1833; Prizeman; B.A. 1837; M.A. 1840; B.D. 1849; D.D. 1859.
Fellow, 1836-49.
M.A.; incorp. at Oxford, 1849.
Ord. deacon, 1838; priest, 1839; C. of Headley Down, Hants.
Assistant Master at Eton College, 1839-49.
Divinity Lecturer at St George's Chapel, Windsor, 1848.
Went out to New Zealand to join Bishop Selwyn, 1850.
Chaplain and Principal of St John's College, Auckland, 1850.
Archdeacon of Waitemata, 1853.
Chaplain to Bishop Selwyn.
First Bishop of Wellington, N.Z., 1858-70.
Urged just treatment of the natives during the Maori War in 1860.
Returned to England, 1868.
Ramsden Preacher, 1869.
Coadjutor to Bishop (Selwyn) of Lichfield, 1870-8. Preb. of Lichfield, 1872-6. R. (non-resident) of Tatenhill, Staffs., 1875-6. Canon and Precentor of Lichfield, 1876-90.
Assisted in the revision of the medieval statutes of the Cathedral.
Taught in the Theological College.
Helped to organise Selwyn College, Cambridge, as a memorial to his friend, Bishop Selwyn.
A member of the College Council, 1882.
Commemorated as a benefactor.
Married Caroline Harriet, dau. of Sir Charles Thomas Palmer, Bart., of Wanlip, Leics., Jan. 17, 1850.
Lived latterly at Bakewell Vicarage, Derbs., with his son the Rev. Charles Thomas Abraham.
Author, religious.
Died Feb. 4, 1903, at Bakewell.
Buried at Over Haddon.
M.I. in Eton College Chapel.
(King's Coll.
Adm. Reg.; D.N.B., 2nd Suppl.)

Family/Spouse: Caroline Harriett Palmer. Caroline (daughter of Sir Charles Thomas Hudson and Harriet Cole Pepperell) was born in 1809. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]