Herbert Mather
Herbert Mather (1840–1916) was an Anglican bishop in the last decades of the 19th century and the first part of the 20th.[1][2]
Mather was educated at St Andrew's University and Trinity College, Cambridge and ordained in 1867.[3][4] He began his ordained ministry as vice-principal and then the principal of Carmarthen Training College.[5] He then became chaplain to the Bishop of Newfoundland and incumbent of the cathedral. After this he was the rector of All Saints' Huntingdon and rural dean of Gartree.[6] From 1891 to 1897 he was Provost of St Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness[7] when he was ordained to the episcopate[8] as the 4th Bishop of Antigua.[9] Returning to England he was an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Hereford until his retirement in 1912.
References[edit]
- ^ Bishop Mather, The Times, London, 1 August 1922; pg. 11; Issue 43098; col D
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007, London, A & C Black, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ "Mather, Herbert (MTR860H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Ordinations, The Times, London, 21 March 1867; pg. 12; Issue 25764; col A
- ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1006.
- ^ The Times, London, 11 March 1886; pg. 5; Issue 31704; col E Ecclesiastical Appointments
- ^ "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000", Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh, T & T Clark, ISBN 0-567-08746-8
- ^ The Times, London, 19 July 1897; p7; Issue 35259; col C, Ecclesiastical Intelligence
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
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