Charles Albert Berry

Charles Albert Berry (14 December 1852 – 31 January 1899) was an English nonconformist divine.

Life He was born at Bradshawgate, Leigh, Lancashire, the son of Peter Berry (died 11 December 1873) of 18 Chapel Street, North Meols, Stockport, joiner and cabinet maker, by Sarah (died 13 June 1892). Berry's father was a confirmed member of the Church of England, but became a Congregationalist by conviction. The family moved to North Meols when Berry was five years old and received his education there.

In 1867 he came under the influence of Dr. J. M. Macaulay, for many years a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, New York, who resided in England from 1867 to 1871. He received Berry into the church, and prepared him for college. and had two sons and a daughter. His brother, Rev. Peter Rathbone Berry, DD, was minister of Fleetwood Congregational Church, 1874-76.

In 1898 his health began to fail, and he died suddenly on 31 January 1899 while conducting a funeral at the Wesleyan Chapel at Bilston, Staffordshire.

His published works consist chiefly of addresses, and two volumes of sermons, Vision and Duty, and Mischievous Goodness.