Samuel Waldegrave was Bishop of Carlisle

Bishop of Carlisle

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 from 1860 until his death.
The second son of the 8th Earl Waldegrave

William Waldegrave, 8th Earl Waldegrave

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, he was educated at Cheam School

Cheam School

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 and graduated from Balliol College, Oxford

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 in 1839. In 1842, he became a deacon

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 and was then curate

Curate

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 to St Ebbe's, Oxford

St Ebbe's, Oxford

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 and rector

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 of Barford St Martin

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 in 1844. He was then canon

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 of Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury Cathedral

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 in 1857 before becoming a bishop in 1860. On 23 January 1845, he had married Jane Anne Pym (d. 6 June 1877), a great-grandaunt of Lord Pym

Francis Pym

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and he died in office in 1869.