John Mackarness
John Fielder Mackarness, DD[1] (3 December 1820 in Islington, London - 16 September 1889 in Eastbourne[2]) was a Church of England bishop.
He was educated at Eton College[3] and Merton College, Oxford.[4] After matriculation he was elected a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. Mackarness was ordained on Sunday May 18 1845.[5]He was Vicar of St BartholomewTardebigge[6] (1845–1855); Rector of Honiton (1855–1870)[7] and finally Bishop of Oxford (1870–1889).[8] He gave an annual prize for religious instruction at the Oxford Military College in Cowley and Oxford Oxfordshire from 1876 to 1896.
Personal life [edit]
Mackarness's parents were John Mackarness and Catherine Poynter Coxhead. He married Alethea Buchanan Coleridge on 7 August 1849 at Ottery Saint Mary, Devon.[9] She was born in 1826 in London and died on 30 March 1909.[10] Her parents were the Right Honourable Sir John Taylor Coleridge and Mary Buchanan. Together they had eight children; one of whom was Frederick Michael Coleridge Mackarness a prominent barrister then judge who also served as the Liberal MP for the Newbury constituency between 1906 and 1910.
| Church of England titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Samuel Wilberforce |
Bishop of Oxford 1870–1889 |
Succeeded by William Stubbs |
References [edit]
- ^ University Intelligence.The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Dec 15, 1869; pg. 5; Issue 26621.
- ^ FUNERAL OF BISHOP MACKARNESS The Hampshire Advertiser (Southampton, England), Wednesday, September 25, 1889; pg. [1]; Issue 4517
- ^ "A History of Eton College" Cust,L.H: London, Duckworth & Co., 1899
- ^ Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886: Their Parentage, Birthplace, and Year of Birth, with a Record of Their Degrees: Labouchere-Ryves Volume 3 p188
- ^ ORDINATIONSThe Morning Post (London, England), Monday, May 19, 1845; pg. 3; Issue 23196
- ^ Geograph
- ^ W. P. Courtney, John Mackarness, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17547
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
- ^ Lundy, Darryl. "Rt. Rev. John Fielder Mackarness". The Peerage.[unreliable source].
- ^ Mrs. Mackarness The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Mar 31, 1909; pg. 13; Issue 38921.
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