Charles Grierson

The Right Reverend Charles Grierson
Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore
In office	1919–1934
Other posts	Dean of Belfast (1911–1919)
Personal details
Born	(1857-04-11)11 April 1857
Died	9 July 1935(1935-07-09) (aged 78)^[1]
Denomination	Church of Ireland
Spouse	Blanche Caldwell née Bloomfield
Alma mater	Trinity College, Dublin

Charles Thornton Primrose Grierson was an eminent Irish clergyman in the first third of the 20th century.^[2] Gaining an MA, then ordained in 1881,^[3] he began his career with a curacy at Kells, after which he was Rector of Stradbally ^[4] and then Seapatrick, County Down. Promotion to be Dean of St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, followed after which he was elevated to the Episcopate as the Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore. Works. He contributed to the monumental "Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels" 1908 edited by Hastings. ^[5]

References

↑ The Times, Friday, Jul 12, 1935; pg. 16; Issue 47114; col E Obituary Rt Rev. Charles Thornton Primrose Grierson
↑ “A New History of Ireland” Moody,T.M;Martin,F.X;Byrne,F.J;Cosgrove,F:Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
↑ “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Kelly’s, 1913
↑ Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

Religious titles
Preceded by John Robinson	Dean of Belfast 1911–1919	Succeeded by Thomas Collins
Preceded by Charles D'Arcy	Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore 1919–1934	Succeeded by John MacNeice

Deans of Belfast

Henry O'Hara Charles D'Arcy John Robinson Charles Grierson Thomas Collins Henry Brett William Kerr Cyril Elliott Cuthbert Peacocke Samuel Crooks John Shearer Houston McKelvey John Mann

Bishops of Down and Connor; of Down, Connor and Dromore; and of Down and Dromore

Down and Connor	James MacCawell John Merriman Hugh Allen Edward Edgeworth John Charden Robert Humpston John Todd James Dundas Robert Echlin Henry Leslie Jeremy Taylor Roger Boyle Thomas Hacket Samuel Foley Edward Walkington Edward Smyth Francis Hutchinson Carew Reynell John Ryder John Whitcombe Robert Downes Arthur Smyth James Traill William Dickson Nathaniel Alexander Richard Mant (became Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore)

Down, Connor and Dromore	Richard Mant Robert Knox William Reeves Thomas Welland John Crozier Charles D'Arcy Charles Grierson John MacNeice Charles King Irwin

Down and Dromore	William Kerr Frederick Mitchell George Quin Robin Eames Gordon McMullan Harold Miller

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, February 07, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.