Alexander Chinnery-Haldane | |
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Bishop of Argyll and The Isles | |
Church | Scottish Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Argyll and The Isles |
In office | 1883–1906 |
Predecessor | George Mackarness |
Successor | Kenneth Mackenzie |
Other post(s) | Provost of Cumbrae |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1866 (
deacon) 1867 ( priest) |
Consecration | 24 August 1883 by Robert Eden |
Personal details | |
Born | James Robert Alexander Haldane 14 August 1842 |
Died | 16 February 1906 (aged 63) Nether Lochaber, Scotland |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | Alexander Haldane and Emma Hardcastle |
Spouse | Anna Elizabeth Chinnery |
Previous post(s) | Dean of the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles |
Alma mater |
James Robert Alexander Chinnery-Haldane (né Haldane, sometime Haldane-Chinnery; 14 August 1840 – 16 February 1906) was an Anglican bishop in the last decades of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century. [1] [2] [3]
He was born in Hatcham, Surrey, the son of the barrister and newspaper proprietor Alexander Haldane (son of Scottish cleric James Haldane) and Emma Hardcastle. [1] His early education was at Bury St Edmunds Grammar School, Suffolk. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge on 26 August 1861 and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (1865); later graduating with a Master of Laws (1885) and Doctor of Divinity (1889). [1] He was admitted to the Inner Temple on 5 May 1864. He assumed the additional surname of Chinnery on 29 July 1864 [2] (becoming Haldane-Chinnery) [4] just before his marriage on 23 August 1864 to Anna Elizabeth Chinnery (died 30 November 1907), only daughter of the Reverend Sir Nicholas Chinnery, Baronet of Flintfield, County Cork. [1] [2] He changed his name again by Royal Licence on 2 September 1878 to Chinnery-Haldane. [4]
He was made deacon in 1866 and began his Anglican ministry as a curate at Calne, Wiltshire (1866–1869), [1] during which time he was ordained priest on Trinity Sunday 1867 (16 June) by Walter Kerr Hamilton, Bishop of Salisbury, at Salisbury Cathedral — on that occasion his name was gazetted James Robert Alexander Hardcastle Haldane-Chinnery (i.e. with his mother's maiden name as an extra middle-name). [5] He moved to Scotland where served as a curate at All Saints, Edinburgh (1869–1876). [1] His next pastoral appointment was a curate at Ballachulish, with charge of Nether Lochaber (1876–1879). [1] (Late during this charge his surname changed from Haldane-Chinnery to Chinnery-Haldane.) [4] Afterwards, becoming the incumbent at Ballachulish (with Glencoe) (1879–1885), and Incumbent at Nether Lochaber (1879–1895). [1] He also became Dean of the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles (1881–1883). [1]
He was unanimously elected Bishop of Argyll and The Isles at a Synod on Cumbrae, 13 June 1883; [6] and then consecrated a bishop at Fort William on 24 August 1883 by Robert Eden, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, with bishops Cotterill, Wilson, Jermyn, Lightfoot, and Kelly as co-consecrators. [1] He also served as Provost of Cumbrae (1886–1891). [1]
Chinnery-Haldane died in office at Alltshellach House Nether Lochaber on 16 February 1906, aged 63. [1] [7] [8]
Alexander Chinnery-Haldane | |
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Bishop of Argyll and The Isles | |
Church | Scottish Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Argyll and The Isles |
In office | 1883–1906 |
Predecessor | George Mackarness |
Successor | Kenneth Mackenzie |
Other post(s) | Provost of Cumbrae |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1866 (
deacon) 1867 ( priest) |
Consecration | 24 August 1883 by Robert Eden |
Personal details | |
Born | James Robert Alexander Haldane 14 August 1842 |
Died | 16 February 1906 (aged 63) Nether Lochaber, Scotland |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | Alexander Haldane and Emma Hardcastle |
Spouse | Anna Elizabeth Chinnery |
Previous post(s) | Dean of the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles |
Alma mater |
James Robert Alexander Chinnery-Haldane (né Haldane, sometime Haldane-Chinnery; 14 August 1840 – 16 February 1906) was an Anglican bishop in the last decades of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century. [1] [2] [3]
He was born in Hatcham, Surrey, the son of the barrister and newspaper proprietor Alexander Haldane (son of Scottish cleric James Haldane) and Emma Hardcastle. [1] His early education was at Bury St Edmunds Grammar School, Suffolk. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge on 26 August 1861 and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (1865); later graduating with a Master of Laws (1885) and Doctor of Divinity (1889). [1] He was admitted to the Inner Temple on 5 May 1864. He assumed the additional surname of Chinnery on 29 July 1864 [2] (becoming Haldane-Chinnery) [4] just before his marriage on 23 August 1864 to Anna Elizabeth Chinnery (died 30 November 1907), only daughter of the Reverend Sir Nicholas Chinnery, Baronet of Flintfield, County Cork. [1] [2] He changed his name again by Royal Licence on 2 September 1878 to Chinnery-Haldane. [4]
He was made deacon in 1866 and began his Anglican ministry as a curate at Calne, Wiltshire (1866–1869), [1] during which time he was ordained priest on Trinity Sunday 1867 (16 June) by Walter Kerr Hamilton, Bishop of Salisbury, at Salisbury Cathedral — on that occasion his name was gazetted James Robert Alexander Hardcastle Haldane-Chinnery (i.e. with his mother's maiden name as an extra middle-name). [5] He moved to Scotland where served as a curate at All Saints, Edinburgh (1869–1876). [1] His next pastoral appointment was a curate at Ballachulish, with charge of Nether Lochaber (1876–1879). [1] (Late during this charge his surname changed from Haldane-Chinnery to Chinnery-Haldane.) [4] Afterwards, becoming the incumbent at Ballachulish (with Glencoe) (1879–1885), and Incumbent at Nether Lochaber (1879–1895). [1] He also became Dean of the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles (1881–1883). [1]
He was unanimously elected Bishop of Argyll and The Isles at a Synod on Cumbrae, 13 June 1883; [6] and then consecrated a bishop at Fort William on 24 August 1883 by Robert Eden, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, with bishops Cotterill, Wilson, Jermyn, Lightfoot, and Kelly as co-consecrators. [1] He also served as Provost of Cumbrae (1886–1891). [1]
Chinnery-Haldane died in office at Alltshellach House Nether Lochaber on 16 February 1906, aged 63. [1] [7] [8]