MEMORIES OF BISHOP CHARLES ROBERT CLAXTON, edited by his grandson Simon Christopher Tillotson - March 1996 My grandfather, Charles Claxton, was known to me in the intimate way most grandchildren know their grandparents. However, that knowledge is not always very coherent or precise. We know our grandparents personalities, their mannerisms, their sense of humour, their oddities, their habits and pastimes, their hobbies and amusements. Yet we rarely know their past lives in any great depth. It has therefore been a very great pleasure and indeed honour for me to put together this collection of memories from a range of people from all over the country. I now know my grandfather much better (I know he is alive up there), even though I have not seen him for four years or so. I can sense how great his commitment to the church was, a "baton" he has passed on to me (I heard about my acceptance for ordination on the very day that grandpa died). I am genuinely
Memories of Bishop Charles Claxton