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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/ACC1026
TitleAccession 1026: Papers of Rev Charles Cousens Petch
Extent2 items
Date1896-1916
DescriptionCertificates relating to Rev Petch's ordination and missionary service.
ArrangementThis collection forms part of the Church Mission Society Unofficial Papers. It is arranged as a single series.
O: Official papers.
Access ConditionsAccess to all registered researchers
CopyrightPermission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing, from the Director of Special Collections (email: special-collections@contacts.bham.ac.uk), the Church Mission Society (email: maddy.peston@churchmissionsociety.org), data subjects and any other rights holders. Requests to publish should be accompanied by a copy of proposed text and images. Special Collections will assist where possible with identifying other copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.
LanguageEnglish
Finding AidsA catalogue of this collection (forming part of the wider CMS/ACC unofficial papers catalogue) is available on the online archive catalogue. Click on the Finding Number to display the summary contents list of the catalogue and to view the full catalogue.
Access StatusOpen
Administrative HistoryCharles Cousens Petch (1872-1961), clergyman and missionary, was born in Manchester and educated at Worcester Cathedral School and Durham University (BA, 1904).

In 1896, he studied at the Church Missionary College and took the Oxford and Cambridge preliminary theological examination (3rd class) before being accepted as a missionary 19 May. Ordained deacon by the Bishop of London (1896) and priest by the Bishop of Lucknow (1898).

He sailed out to join the CMS United Provinces Mission, India, 10 October 1896 where he was stationed in Gorakhpur. He married Grace Rose Dean, 2 December 1899. In October 1903, he returned to England; his resignation for family reasons was accepted 21 February 1905. He died 19 January 1961.

Source: Register of missionaries (clerical, lay & female) and native clergy from 1804 to 1904', Church Missionary Society, 1905 (annotated version).
AcquisitionPresented by SS Peter and Paul, Tonbridge, Kent, September 2017.
Archival NoteCatalogued 2017. Prepared in accordance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000 and Church Mission Society cataloguing guidelines.
Related MaterialCadbury Research Library holds the official archive of the Church Mission Society which includes records relating to Rev Charles Cousens Petch's missionary service (GB 0150 CMS).
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