Eyre Chatterton
Irish-born Anglican bishop and author
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Eyre Chatterton (22 July 1863 – 8 December 1950) was an eminent Anglican author who served as a bishop in India from 1903 to 1926. He was also an amateur tennis player.
Eyre Chatterton | |
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| Bishop of Nagpur | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 July 1863 |
| Died | 8 December 1950 (aged 87) |
Life
He was born in Monkstown, County Cork on 22 July 1863 and educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and Trinity College, Dublin.[2] He was ordained by Bishop Lightfoot in 1887,[3] and began his career with a curacy at Holy Trinity, Stockton-on-Tees. He was head of the Dublin University Mission to Chhöta Nagpur from 1891 to 1900 when he returned briefly to England to be curate of St Mary Magdalene, Richmond, Surrey.[4] In 1902 it was announced he would become the inaugural bishop of Nagpur,[5][6][7] a post he held for 23 years. He died on 8 December 1950.[8]
Chatterton competed on the amateur tennis tour during the 1880s.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS) in December 1901.[9]
In 1926 he was appointed an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Canterbury.[10]
Works
- The Story of Fifty Years' Mission Work in Chhota Nagpur. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1901.
- With the Troops in Mesopotamia, 1916
- The Story of Gondwana. Sir I. Pitman & Sons. 1916. with Stephen Hislop and Sir Richard Carnac Temple
- A History of the Church of England in India: Since the Early Days of the East India Company. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1924.
- Alex Wood, bishop of Nagpur, missionary, sportsman, philosopher: a memoir. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1939.
- India Through a Bishop's Diary: Or, Memories of an Indian Diocese, by Its First Bishop. Society for promoting Christian knowledge. 1935.
- Our Anglican Church in India, 1815-1946. Indian Church Aid Association. 1946.