George Mackarness
Appearance
The Right Reverend George Mackarness | |
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Bishop of Argyll and The Isles | |
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Church | Scottish Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Argyll and The Isles |
In office | 1874-1883 |
Predecessor | Alexander Ewing |
Successor | Alexander Chinnery-Haldane |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1846 |
Consecration | 1874 |
Personal details | |
Born | March 30, 1823 |
Died | April 20, 1883 | (aged 60)
Buried | St Peter's churchyard, Ellastone |
Denomination | Anglican |
Spouse | Mary Ann Young, Gertrude Granville |
George Richard Mackarness (30 March 1823 – 20 April 1883) was Bishop of Argyll and The Isles in the Scottish Episcopal Church[1] in the last third of the 19th century.[2]
Mackarness was the second son of John Mackarness, a West India merchant of Elstree House, Bath.[3] He was educated at Merton College, Oxford and ordained in 1846. He held incumbencies at Ilam, Lochgilphead and Oban.[4]
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He died on 20 April 1883.[5] His older brother John was the Bishop of Oxford[6] from 1870 until 1889.[7]
References
- ^ "Archives Hub". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
- ^ Bertie et al. , Scottish Episcopal Clergy, p. 208.
- ^ W. P. Courtney, ‘Mackarness, John Fielder (1820–1889)’, Ellie Clewlow, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 17 July 2013
- ^ Bertie (ibid) p545
- ^ Obituary. The Times (London, England), Saturday, Apr 21, 1883; pg. 12; Issue 30800
- ^ Caros Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Obituary. Bishop Mackarness The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Sep 17, 1889; pg. 7; Issue 32806