Charles Ernest Escreet (20 February 1852 – 3 March 1919)[1] was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Lewisham from 1906 to 1919.
Whilst he was there he helped create the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies, an important centre for maternity care and midwifery training, in Wood Street.
It opened in May 1905 due to his efforts in assisting Alice Gregory, Leila Parnell and Maud Cashmere.
[5] In 1913 he co-officiated at the funeral of Emily Davison, the suffragette who had died under the king's horse at the Epsom Derby.
[6] His co-officiants were Claude Hinscliff, founder of the Church League for Women's Suffrage, and Charles Baumgarten, vicar of St. George's, Bloomsbury, where the service was held.