Alexander Chinnery-Haldane

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]


Alexander Chinnery-Haldane
Bishop of Argyll and The Isles
Bishop Alexander Chinnery-Haldane
ChurchScottish Episcopal Church
DioceseArgyll and The Isles
In office1883–1906
PredecessorGeorge Mackarness
SuccessorKenneth Mackenzie
Other post(s)Provost of Cumbrae
Previous post(s)Dean of the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles
Orders
Ordination1866 (deacon)
1867 (priest)
Consecration24 August 1883
by Robert Eden
Personal details
Born
James Robert Alexander Haldane

14 August 1842
Hatcham, Surrey, England
Died16 February 1906 (aged 63)
Nether Lochaber, Scotland
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
ParentsAlexander Haldane and Emma Hardcastle
SpouseAnna Elizabeth Chinnery
Alma mater

Early life

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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

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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

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  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

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  • Bertie, David M. (2000). Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000. Edinburgh: T & T Clark. ISBN 0567087468.
Scottish Episcopal Church titles
Preceded by Dean of Argyll and The Isles
1881–1883
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Argyll and The Isles
1883–1906
Succeeded by