Background
He was born on 28 May 1873, the eldest son of Arthur Sopwith of Chasetown & his wife Catherine Susan née Shelford.
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Karl Sopwith
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Emmanuel College.
Career
He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, graduating Bachelor with a first-class in the Theology tripos in 1895. Ordained in 1897, after curacies at Street Matthew’s, Walsall and Street Peter’s Cranley Gardens he held incumbencies in Shoreham, Kent, Westminster, Aylesford and Ashford, Kent. In 1934 he was appointed Archdeacon of Maidstone, and in 1939 Archdeacon of Canterbury.
He retired in 1942 and died on 14 December 1945.
