Alexander Chinnery-Haldane
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The Right Reverend Alexander Chinnery-Haldane LL.M., D.D. |
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| Bishop of Argyll and The Isles | |
| Church | Scottish Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | Argyll and The Isles |
| In office | 1883 – 1906 |
| Predecessor | George Mackarness |
| Successor | Kenneth Mackenzie |
| Other posts | Provost of Cumbrae |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1866 (deacon) 1867 (priest) |
| Consecration | 24 August 1883 by Robert Eden |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | James Robert Alexander Haldane |
| Born | 14 August 1842 Hatcham, Surrey, England |
| Died | 16 February 1906 (aged 63) Nether Lochaber, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Alexander Haldane and Emma Hardcastle |
| Spouse | Anna Elizabeth Chinnery |
| Previous post | Dean of the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles |
| Alma mater | |
James Robert Alexander Chinnery-Haldane (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.
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. 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). He was admitted to the Inner Temple on 5 May 1864. He assumed the additional surname of Chinnery on 29 July 1864, 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.
He was ordained a deacon in 1866 and began his Anglican ministry as a curate at Calne, Wiltshire (1866–1869), during which time he was ordained a priest in 1867. He moved to Scotland where served as a curate at All Saints, Edinburgh (1869–1876). His next pastoral appointment was a curate at Ballachulish, with charge of Nether Lochaber (1876–1879). Afterwards, becoming the incumbent 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).
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