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Charles Richard Alford (13 August 1816 – 13 June 1898) was an Anglican bishop and author in the last third of the 19th century.Alford was born into an ecclesiastical family in Somerset England on 13 August 1816. His father was the rector of West Quantoxhead. He was educated at St Paul’s School London and Trinity College Cambridge. He was ordained in 1839 and served curacies at Holy Trinity Finningley and St Matthew’s Rugby.