Alexander Chinnery-Haldane
Scottish bishop (1840–1906)
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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 | |
| Church | Scottish Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | Argyll and The Isles |
| In office | 1883–1906 |
| Predecessor | George Mackarness |
| Successor | Kenneth Mackenzie |
| Other post | Provost of Cumbrae |
| Previous post | Dean of the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1866 (deacon) 1867 (priest) |
| Consecration | 24 August 1883 by Robert Eden |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Robert Alexander Haldane 14 August 1842 |
| Died | 16 February 1906 (aged 63) Nether Lochaber, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Alexander Haldane and Emma Hardcastle |
| Spouse | Anna Elizabeth Chinnery |
| Alma mater | |
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]