Alexander Chinnery-Haldane

The Right Reverend
Alexander Chinnery-Haldane
LL.M., D.D.
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 posts Provost of Cumbrae
Orders
Ordination 1866 (deacon)
1867 (priest)
Consecration 24 August 1883
by Robert Eden
Personal details
Birth name James Robert Alexander Haldane
Born 14 August 1842
Hatcham, Surrey, England
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 Dean of the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles
Alma mater

James Robert Alexander Chinnery-Haldane (14 August 184016 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]

Early life

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] just before his marriage, 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]

Anglican ministry

He was ordained a deacon in 1866 and began his Anglican ministry as a curate at Calne, Wiltshire (1866–1869), during which time he was ordained a priest in 1867.[1] 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] 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 consecrated the Bishop of Argyll and The Isles 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]

Bishop Chinnery-Haldane died in office at Nether Lochaber on 16 February 1906, aged 63.[1][4][5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 Bertie 2000, Scottish Episcopal Clergy, p. 208.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Haldane (post Chinnery-Haldane), James Robert Alexander (HLDN861JR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. "Who was Who" 1897-2007, London, A & C Black, 2007, ISBN 9780199540877
  4. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory", London, John Phillips, 1900
  5. "Obituary The Bishop Of Argyll And The Isles" The Times (London). Saturday, 17 February 1906. (37946), col B, p. 11.

Bibliography

  • Bertie, David M. (2000). Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000. Edinburgh: T & T Clark. ISBN 0567087468.


Scottish Episcopal Church titles
Preceded by
Robert Jackson MacGeorge
Dean of Argyll and The Isles
1881 1883
Succeeded by
Frederick Robert Halsey Herbert Noyes
Preceded by
George Mackarness
Bishop of Argyll and The Isles
1883 1906
Succeeded by
Kenneth Mackenzie