Edward Townson Churton (1841–1 May 1912) was an Anglican colonial bishop in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1]
Born into an ecclesiastical family[2] in 1841 and educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford he was ordained in 1866.[3] He held incumbencies at St Nicholas, Ganton[4] and St Bartholomew, Charlton next Dover[5] before being ordained to the episcopateasBishop of Nassau.[6] Upon his resignation, he was succeeded by his younger brother Henry. He died on 1 May 1912.[7]
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