Alexander Chinnery-Haldane

Scottish bishop (1840–1906)

James Robert Alexander Chinnery-Haldane (né Haldane, sometime Haldane-Chinnery; 14 August 1840 – 16 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] (becoming Haldane-Chinnery)[4] just before his marriage on 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] He changed his name again by Royal Licence on 2 September 1878 to Chinnery-Haldane.[4]

Anglican ministry

He was made deacon in 1866 and began his Anglican ministry as a curate at Calne, Wiltshire (1866–1869),[1] during which time he was ordained priest on Trinity Sunday 1867 (16 June) by Walter Kerr Hamilton, Bishop of Salisbury, at Salisbury Cathedral — on that occasion his name was gazetted James Robert Alexander Hardcastle Haldane-Chinnery (i.e. with his mother's maiden name as an extra middle-name).[5] 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] (Late during this charge his surname changed from Haldane-Chinnery to Chinnery-Haldane.)[4] 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 unanimously elected Bishop of Argyll and The Isles at a Synod on Cumbrae, 13 June 1883;[6] and then consecrated a bishop 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]

Chinnery-Haldane died in office at Alltshellach House Nether Lochaber on 16 February 1906, aged 63.[1][7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Bertie 2000, Scottish Episcopal Clergy, p. 208.
  2. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b c Cokayne, George Edward, editor. The Complete Baronetage. volume V. no date (c. 1900). Reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983. page 444
  5. ^ "Ordination". Church Times. No. 231. 6 July 1867. p. 237. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 14 April 2023 – via UK Press Online archives.
  6. ^ "Church news". Church Times. No. 1064. 15 June 1883. p. 430. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 13 April 2023 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory", London, John Phillips, 1900
  8. ^ "Obituary The Bishop Of Argyll And The Isles". The Times. No. 37946. London. 17 February 1906. col B, p. 11.

Bibliography

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