Charles Edward Cornish (9 October 1842 – 14 July 1936) was an Anglican bishop in the late 19th[1] and early 20th centuries.
[2] Cornish was born to Charles Lewis Cornish (then Dean of Exeter College, Oxford) and Eleanor Monro in London, England on 9 October 1842.
He was educated at Uppingham and Exeter College, Oxford, where he graduated with an MA and DD He also earned an MA from the University of Cape Town.
[3] He married Mary Randall, daughter of Henry Randall (later Archdeacon of Bristol) in Bristol in 1867.
[4] In 1899, he was appointed Bishop of Grahamstown, Cape Colony,[6] a post he held for 16 years.