Sydney Linton (2 July 1841 – 15 May 1894) was the first Anglican Bishop of Riverina.

Life

The son of the Rev. Henry Linton,

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of St Peter-le-Bailey,

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, he was educated at

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in 1867 and held incumbencies at Holy Trinity,

, and St Philip,

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(from 1877 until his elevation to the

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). He played

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at Oxford for the university club. Linton was

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on 1 May 1884 at

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, and on 15 January 1885 he set sail for Australia with his family. Upon his arrival he travelled through

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, Sydney and

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before travelling west to Hay, the site of the proposed bishopric. Linton was formally installed as the Bishop of Riverina in the old St Paul's Church at Hay by the incumbent, the Reverend James Macarthur, on 18 March 1885. The new St Paul's Church – the pro-cathedral of the new diocese – was completed by the end of 1885. Throughout his service, Linton toured extensively around the Riverina diocese's parishes and was instrumental in setting up the first

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for the Church of England in Australia in 1887. Linton made the last of his journeys throughout the diocese during 1894, before suddenly falling ill. He died later in Melbourne. The second diocesan bishop found the diocese in a somewhat ailing financial state.

Family

Linton married Isabella, eldest daughter of Charles Abel Heurtley. His brother, Henry, was also a first-class cricketer. He was the great grandfather of

Martin Linton John Martin Linton (born 11 August 1944) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Battersea from 1997 to 2010. Early life Linton attended Limpsfield Primary School in Limpsfield, Surrey; Christ's Hospital scho ...

, who was the Member of Parliament for Battersea in London, England, from 1997 to 2010.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Linton, Sydney Anglican bishops of Riverina 1894 deaths 1841 births English emigrants to colonial Australia Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford Oxford University cricketers English cricketers People educated at Rugby School