James Robert Alexander Chinnery-Haldane (né Haldane, sometime Haldane-Chinnery; 14 August 1840 – 16 February 1906) was an

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in the last decades of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century., ''Scottish Episcopal Clergy'', p. 208.

Early life

He was born in

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, the son of the barrister and newspaper proprietor Alexander Haldane (son of Scottish cleric James Haldane) and Emma Hardcastle. His early education was at Bury St Edmunds Grammar School,

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. He entered

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on 26 August 1861 and graduated with a

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(1865); later graduating with a

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(1885) and

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(1889). He was admitted to the

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on 5 May 1864. He assumed the additional surname of Chinnery on 29 July 1864 (becoming Haldane-Chinnery)Cokayne, George Edward, editor. ''The Complete Baronetage.'' volume V. no date (c. 1900). Reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983. page 444 just before his marriage on 23 August 1864 to Anna Elizabeth Chinnery (died 30 November 1907), only daughter of the Reverend Sir Nicholas Chinnery,

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of Flintfield,

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. He changed his name again by Royal Licence on 2 September 1878 to Chinnery-Haldane.

Anglican ministry

He was made

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in 1866 and began his

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as a

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at Calne, Wiltshire (1866–1869), during which time he was ordained

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1867 (16 June) by Walter Kerr Hamilton,

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, at

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— 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). He moved to

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where served as a curate at All Saints,

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(1869–1876). His next

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appointment was a curate at

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, with charge of Nether Lochaber (1876–1879). (Late during this charge his surname changed from Haldane-Chinnery to Chinnery-Haldane.) Afterwards, becoming the

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at Ballachulish (with Glencoe) (1879–1885), and Incumbent at Nether Lochaber (1879–1895). He also became Dean of the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles (1881–1883). He was unanimously elected Bishop of Argyll and The Isles at a Synod on Cumbrae, 13 June 1883; and then consecrated a bishop at Fort William on 24 August 1883 by Robert Eden,

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, with bishops Cotterill, Wilson, Jermyn, Lightfoot, and Kelly as co-consecrators. He also served as Provost of Cumbrae (1886–1891). Chinnery-Haldane died in office at Alltshellach House Nether Lochaber on 16 February 1906, aged 63.

References

Bibliography

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chinnery-Haldane, Alexander 1842 births 1906 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge 19th-century Scottish Episcopalian bishops

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Provosts of the Cathedral of The Isles Deans of Argyll and The Isles Bishops of Argyll and The Isles People from Surrey (before 1889) 20th-century Scottish Episcopalian bishops