Charles Edward Cottrell Lefroy[1] was an Anglican priest, most notably Archdeacon of Perth, Western Australia, from 1907 until 1912.[2]

The son of an early settler to West Australia,[3] Lefroy was educated at Bradfield College; Keble College, Oxford; and Ely Theological College. He was ordained deacon in 1889,[4] and priest in 1890.[5] He was an Assistant Master at Dulwich College from 1889 to 1893; Curate of Great Ilford from 1893 to 1896;[6] Priest in charge of Swan District, Western Australia from 1888 to 1889; Principal of the Clergy Training College, Perth, from 1899 to 1904; Rector of Claremont from 1904 to 1918. After returning from Australia he held incumbencies at Chiddingfold and Hersham before retiring in 1927.[7]

He died on 31 December 1940.

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  2. "Lefroy, Charles Edward Cottrell". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (February 2018 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 10 February 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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  4. "The Times from London, Greater London, England". Newspapers.com. 23 December 1889. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  5. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p779 London: Oxford University Press, 1929
  6. "Ecclesiastical" Essex County Standard (Colchester, England), Saturday, October 07, 1893; pg. 6; Issue 3278
  7. Surrey CC