John Cox Edghill
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Rev. John Cox Edghill D.D. (1835[1] - ) was a British Anglican priest, senior chaplain at Aldershot, chaplain to the forces at Portsmouth (1881-5), and Chaplain-General to Her Majesty's Forces (1885-1901).[2]
As a noted Tractarian and Anglo-Catholic, he was the first choice to replace Hibbert Binney as the bishop of Nova Scotia by the Synod of the diocese, at Halifax, June 6, 1887. He declined his election in a letter to the Synod.[2][3]
He had a daughter, Ella Mary Edghill, with Mary Nesfield.[4]
[edit] Bibliography
- The work of the Church in the army (1890)
[edit] Further reading
- Henry Robert Addison, Charles Henry Oakes, William John Lawson, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1849). "Edghill, Rev. John Cox; M.A., D.D.". Who's who.
- Charles H. Dant (1902). "John Cox Edghill", Distinguished Churchmen.
[edit] References
- ^ Charles H. Dant. Distinguished Churchmen, p. 329.
- ^ a b (1887) Letter from Rev. J.C. Edghill, D.D., Chaplain-general, to the Synod of Nova. ISBN 0665068816.
- ^ George W. Brown, David M. Hayne, Francess G. Halpenny (1966). "Hibbert Binney". Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volume XI. [[University of Toronto Press]]. p. 76. ISBN 0802033679.
- ^ (1964) Newnham College Register, 1871-1950, p. 180.
