Edmund Pearce

File:Dr Pearce (1870–1935) Bishop of Derby by Ernest Townsend died 1944.jpg[https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/dr-pearce-18701935-61063 Bishop Pearce], Ernest Townsend, BBC, retrieved 14 July 2014 ]]

Edmund Courtenay Pearce was the inaugural Bishop of Derby{{Cite web|url=https://derby.anglican.org/en/about/facts_n_stats.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120224719/http://www.derby.anglican.org/about/facts_n_stats.php|url-status=dead|title=About|first=Lucy|last=Harrison|archivedate=November 20, 2008|website=derby.anglican.org}} from 1927Bishop Of Derby. The Master Of Corpus Appointed. The Times Wednesday, Aug 10, 1927; pg. 10; Issue 44656; col C until his death in 1935.The Times, Monday, Oct 14, 1935; pg. 20; Issue 47194; col A The Bishop Of Derby Administrative Gifts His brother Ernest was the Bishop of Worcester from 1919 to 1930.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}

Born on 17 December 1870 and educated at Christ's Hospital“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}} and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge,The Times, Friday, Jan 17, 1896; pg. 6; Issue 34789; col A University Intelligence. Cambridge, Jan. 16.{{acad|id=PR889EC|name=Pearce, Edmund Courtenay}} he was ordained in 1899."The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900 His career began with a curacy at St James, Muswell Hill.{{Cite web|url=https://st-james.org.uk/|title=St James Muswell Hill - to live as Jesus lived | to love as Jesus loved.|website=st-james.org.uk}} He was then Vicar of St Bene't's, Cambridge, Dean then Master of his old college and finally (before his elevation to the episcopate) Vice-Chancellor of the University. He died while taking a confirmation service near Glossop.{{Cite web |url=http://bygonederbyshire.co.uk/articles/1930s:_Ring_road_taking_shape |title=Bygone Derbyshire |access-date=2009-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927211327/http://bygonederbyshire.co.uk/articles/1930s:_Ring_road_taking_shape |archive-date=2008-09-27 |url-status=dead }}