Charles Lisle Carr

Charles Lisle Carr (26 September 1871 – 20 May 1942) was an Anglican clergyman who served as the second bishop of the restored see of Coventry in the modern era and the 107th Bishop of Hereford in a long line stretching back to the 7th century.

Early life

Carr was born in Alnwick, Northumberland, the younger son of Robert Carr.^[1] He was educated at Liverpool College, and St Catharine's, Cambridge,^[1] to which college he was elected a Fellow in 1934.^[2]^[3] After university he took Holy Orders at Ridley Hall, Cambridge and embarked on a varied clerical career that took him to many urban locations.^[4]

Ecclesiastical career

Carr was curate of Aston-juxta-Birmingham, 1894–97; Redditch, 1897; Tutor of Ridley Hall, Cambridge, 1897–1902; Vicar of St Sepulchre, Cambridge, 1901–02; Vicar of St. Nicholas, Blundellsands, Liverpool, 1902–06;^[5] Rector of Woolton, Liverpool, 1906–12; Vicar of Yarmouth 1912–20; Archdeacon of Norfolk, 1916–18; Archdeacon of Norwich, 1918–20; Vicar of Sheffield, 1920–22; Honorary Canon of Sheffield Cathedral, 1920; Archdeacon of Sheffield, 1920–22; Bishop of Coventry, 1922–31; Bishop of Hereford, 1931–41.^[1]

Family

Carr was married, at the Holy Sepulchre church, Cambridge, on 1 July 1902, to Isabel Wortley Drury, daughter of Thomas Drury, the principal of Ridley Hall.^[6] They had one son.^[1] Carr retired in 1941, dying the following February. His wife survived him by 22 years.^[7]

Carr was an active Freemason in the City of Coventry.^[8]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Carr, Rt Rev. Charles Lisle", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007, Retrieved 23 June 2012 (subscription required)
^ "University News: College Elections at Cambridge", The Times, 21 June 1934, p. 16
^ "Carr, Charles Lisle (CR889CL)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ Obituary, The Times, 4 February 1942, p. 7
^ "Ecclesiastical intelligence". The Times. No. 36732. London. 3 April 1902. p. 5.
^ "Marriages". The Times. No. 36810. London. 3 July 1902. p. 1.
^ "Death of Mrs Isabel Carr", The Times, 5 November 1964, p. 14
^ " Archived 24 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Famous Coventry Freemasons"

Church of England titles
Preceded by Sidney Pelham	Archdeacon of Norfolk 1916–1918	Succeeded by George Martius MacDermott
Preceded by Frederick Brooke Westcott	Archdeacon of Norwich 1918–1920	Succeeded by George Martius MacDermott
Preceded by Herbert Gresford Jones	Archdeacon of Sheffield 1920–1922	Succeeded by John Russell Darbyshire
Preceded by Huyshe Wolcott Yeatman-Biggs	Bishop of Coventry 1922–1931	Succeeded by Mervyn George Haigh
Preceded by Martin Linton Smith	Bishop of Hereford 1931–1942	Succeeded by Richard Godfrey Parsons

v t e Archdeacons of Norfolk
High Medieval	Roger Steingrim John Geoffrey de Bocland Martin of Pattishall Robert de Bilneia R- Ralph de Blonvilla (de Blundeville) Thomas de Lecche Ralph de Blonvilla (again) Simon the Norman Walter de Salerne/de Saleron alias of London Nicholas de Plimpton Alan de Freston
Late Medieval	R. de S. Thomas de Kerdeston William de Herlaston Adam de Ayremynne John Newland Robert de Usflet John de Harewell William de Blythe Richard de Ravenser Robert de Prees/Prots John de Freton Richard de Medeford/Mitford John de Middleton Robert de Prees/Prots (again) James Dardani Ralph Selby John de Middleton (again) Thomas Langley Richard Dereham John Macworth Richard Dereham (again) Philip Morgan William Sponne John Hales Thomas Marke John Morton Oliver Dynham Christopher Urswick William Stillington Thomas Winter Stephen Gardiner William Newton
Early modern	Alexander Carew Matthew Carew Richard Stokes Francis Mason Thomas Muriell Writhlington White Robert White Philip Tenison Edward Reynolds Charles Trimnell Robert Cannon Thomas Tanner John Baron Samuel Salter Samuel Stedman Thomas Warburton John Oldershaw Philip Jennings William Bouverie
Late modern	Ralph Blakelock Henry Nevill William Pelham-Burn Sidney Pelham Charles Lisle Carr George MacDermott Augustus Buckland Arthur Moore Louis Baggott Eric Cordingly, Bishop suffragan of Thetford Peter Dawson Michael Handley David Hayden Steven Betts

v t e Archdeacons of Norwich
High Medieval	William (I) Ralph Philip William (II) Thomas Geoffrey de Burgh Luke the chaplain John of Ferentino William de Suffield post not vacant Thomas de Skerning
Late Medieval	William de Knapton Roger de Snetisham William Bateman Thomas Fastolf Hamo de Belers Thomas de Bradwardine John Berenger Richard Lyng Richard de Norwico William Swynflet John Derlyngton John de Middleton Robert Wolveden William Westacre Henry Kays Richard Cawdray John Hales John Morton Vincent Clement John Morton (again) Thomas Marke Nicholas Goldwell Robert Honywood John Ednam William Stillington Thomas Larke George Wyndham Thomas Cornwalleys
Early modern	Richard Underwood Thomas Roberts John Rugge George Gardiner John Freake Thomas Jegon Andrew Bing William Gery John Reynolds John Conant John Jeffery William Trimnel Christopher Clarke Matthew Postlethwayte John Berney William Yonge Henry Bathurst John Collyer Robert Hankinson
Late modern	Charles Wodehouse Augustus Hopper Thomas Perowne (father) Frederick Westcott Charles Lisle Carr George MacDermott Thomas Perowne (son) Robert Meiklejohn Aubrey Aitken Timothy Dudley-Smith Michael Handley Clifford Offer Jan McFarlane Karen Hutchinson Keith James

v t e Archdeacons of Sheffield and of Sheffield and Rotherham
Sheffield	John Blakeney Henry Favell John Eyre Herbert Gresford Jones Charles Lisle Carr Russell Darbyshire Alfred Jarvis Alexander Doull Alfred Jarvis William Baker Douglas Harrison Robin Woods Hayman Johnson Michael Paton Stephen Lowe
Sheffield & Rotherham	Richard Blackburn Martyn Snow Malcolm Chamberlain

v t e Bishops of Coventry
for earlier Bishops of Coventry, of Coventry and Lichfield, and of Lichfield and Coventry, see Bishop of Lichfield; for the modern suffragans, see Bishop of Coventry (suffragan)
Huyshe Yeatman-Biggs Charles Lisle Carr Mervyn Haigh Neville Gorton Cuthbert Bardsley John Gibbs Simon Barrington-Ward Colin Bennetts Christopher Cocksworth

v t e Bishops of Hereford
Early Medieval	Putta Tyrhtel Torhthere Walhstod Cuthbert of Canterbury Podda Acca Headda Aldberht Esne Ceolmund Utel Wulfheard Beonna Eadwulf Cuthwulf Mucel Deorlaf Cynemund Edgar Tidhelm Wulfhelm Ælfric Athulf
High Medieval	Æthelstan Leofgar Ealdred Walter of Lorraine Robert de Losinga Gerard Roger Reynelm Geoffrey de Clive Richard de Capella Robert de Bethune Gilbert Foliot Robert of Melun Robert Foliot William de Vere Giles de Braose Hugh de Mapenor Hugh Foliot Ralph de Maidstone Michael Peter of Aigueblanche John de Breton Thomas de Cantilupe Richard Swinefield
Late Medieval	Adam Orleton Thomas Charleton John Trilleck Lewis de Charleton William Courtenay John Gilbert Thomas Trevenant Robert Mascall Edmund Lacey Thomas Polton Thomas Spofford Richard Beauchamp Reginald Boulers John Stanberry Thomas Mylling Edmund Audley
Early modern	Adriano Castellesi Richard Mayew Charles Booth Edward Foxe Edmund Bonner John Skypp John Harley Robert Parfew Thomas Reynolds John Scory Herbert Westfaling Robert Bennet Francis Godwin William Juxon Godfrey Goodman Augustine Lindsell Matthew Wren Theophilus Feild George Coke Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Nicholas Monck Herbert Croft Gilbert Ironside Humphrey Humphreys Philip Bisse Benjamin Hoadly Henry Egerton Lord James Beauclerk John Harley John Butler
Late modern	Folliott Cornewall John Luxmoore George Huntingford Edward Grey Thomas Musgrave Renn Hampden James Atlay John Percival Hensley Henson Linton Smith Charles Lisle Carr Richard Parsons Tom Longworth Mark Hodson John Eastaugh John Oliver Anthony Priddis Alistair Magowan (acting) Richard Frith Alistair Magowan (acting) Richard Jackson

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