About Charles Bromby
Lived 1814 – 1907 (aged 92). Charles Bromby was a British anglican priest.
Charles Henry Bromby (11 July 181414 April 1907) was the Anglican Bishop of Tasmania from 1864 to 1882.
Early life Bromby was the second son of John Healey Bromby (a priest) and brother of John Edward Bromby. He was born in Hull, England.
Career Bromby was made deacon in Lichfield in 1838 and served as curate at Chesterfield from 1838 to 1839; and was ordained priest in 1839 in York and was headmaster of Stepney Grammar School from 1839.
Bromby returned to England and became rector of Shrawardine-cum-Montford (1882–1887), and assistant-bishop of Lichfield (1882–1891).
Legacy His second son Charles Hamilton was in the Tasmanian government. The Tasmanian synod founded a studentship in Bromby's memory in 1910.
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Anglican bishop of Tasmania
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Charles Bromby was born on 11 July 1814 in Kingston upon Hull.
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Charles Bromby died on 14 April 1907.
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Charles Bromby was an anglican priest.
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Charles Bromby was British.
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