Charles Claxton (bishop), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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British bishop
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About Charles Claxton (bishop)
- Charles Robert Claxton (16 November 1903 – 7 March 1992) was the fourth Suffragan Bishop of Warrington later translated to the See of Blackburn.Claxton was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge He was ordained in 1928 and began his ordained ministry with London curacies before becoming Vicar of Holy Trinity, Bristol in 1933.
- He was then chaplain to the Bishop of Bristol before becoming the Suffragan Bishop of Warrington and then the diocesan Bishop of Blackburn.
- During his long retirement he was an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Exeter.
- He died in Cheshire.
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