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Charles Robert Claxton (16 November 1903 – 7 March 1992) was the fourth Suffragan Bishop of Warrington later translated to the See of Blackburn.

Life

He was the son of missionary Herbert Bailey Claxton and his wife Frances Anne Haslam, and was educated at Monkton Combe School and 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 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.

The Times, 2 April 1946; pg. 6; Issue 50416; col G, Ecclesiastical News Consecration of the Bishop of Warrington
The Times, 21 June 1960; pg. 12; Issue 54803; col D, Two New Bishops Nominated Bath And Wells And Blackburn
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/herbert-bailey-claxton-24-rsmj66
"Claxton, Rt Rev. Charles Robert". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 9 November 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Memories of Bishop Charles Robert Claxton as edited by his grandson, Rev Simon Christopher Tillotson, 1996

Religious titles
Preceded byHerbert Gresford Jones	Bishop of Warrington 1946–1960	Succeeded byLaurie Brown
Preceded byWalter Baddeley	Bishop of Blackburn 1960–1971	Succeeded byRobert Martineau

v t e Bishops of Warrington
Linton Smith Edwin Kempson Herbert Gresford Jones Charles Claxton Laurie Brown John Bickersteth Michael Henshall John Packer David Jennings Richard Blackburn Bev Mason

v t e Bishops of Blackburn
Percy Herbert Wilfred Askwith Walter Baddeley Charles Claxton Robert Martineau Stewart Cross Alan Chesters Nicholas Reade Julian Henderson Philip North

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