Charles Leslie Dundas (1 November 1847 - 17 March 1932) was an eminent Anglican priest in the late nineteenth[1] and early twentieth centuries.[2]
Biography
editBorn into an ecclesiastical family[3] on 1 November 1847, he was educated at The King's School, Canterbury,[4] and Brasenose College,[5] Oxford.[6] He was ordained in 1870.[7] After a curacy at St Peter’s, Bournemouth, he was Vicar of Charlton Kings from 1875[8] until his appointment as Dean[9] of Hobart and Administrator of the Diocese of Tasmania,[10] a post he accepted in 1885[11] and held for a decade. During this time he was recommended as a suitable candidate for the Bishopric of Tanzania, but was not appointed.[12] After this he held incumbencies at Charminster[13] with Stratton;[14] and then Milton Abbas.[15] In January 1900, the Bishop of Salisbury awarded him a prebendal stall.[16] He was Archdeacon of Dorset from February 1902[17] to 1926, and a Canon Residentiary at Salisbury Cathedral from 1914 to[18] 1928.
A Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford,[19] he died on 17 March 1932.[20]
Notes
edit- ^ "Tasmanian Anglican". Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ Diocese of Salisbury: administrative records
- ^ His father was The Reverend G. Dundas sometime Vicar of St Matthew’s, Nottingham. ‘Dundas, Ven. Charles Leslie’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 24 Nov 2012
- ^ ”Schola regia cantuariensis: a history of Canterbury School. Commonly called the King's School” Woodruff,C.E: London; Mitchell, Hughes & Clarke; 1908
- ^ ”Brasenose College register, 1509-1909” Penson, T.H: Oxford, Blackwell, 1909
- ^ University Intelligence The Times (London, England), Friday, Dec 10, 1869; pg. 3; Issue 26617
- ^ ORDINATIONS The Morning Post (London, England), Monday, December 19, 1870; pg. 3; Issue 30274
- ^ Gloucestershire CC[permanent dead link ]
- ^ Family web site Archived November 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ NLA
- ^ ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE The Hampshire Advertiser (Southampton, England), Saturday, June 06, 1885; pg. 2; Issue 4067
- ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Kellys, 1913
- ^ OPC
- ^ National Archives
- ^ "Ecclesiastical Intelligence". The Times. 23 January 1900. p. 8.
- ^ Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Thursday, Feb 20, 1902; pg. 11; Issue 36696
- ^ London Gazette, 15 June 1917
- ^ UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCEThe Morning Post (London, England), Friday, May 02, 1873; pg. 3; Issue 31462
- ^ Canon Dundas The Times (London, England), Friday, Mar 18, 1932; pg. 9; Issue 46085.