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The Right Reverend

George Mackarness
Bishop of Argyll and The Isles
ChurchScottish Episcopal Church
DioceseArgyll and The Isles
In office1874-1883
PredecessorAlexander Ewing
SuccessorAlexander Chinnery-Haldane
Orders
Ordination1846
Consecration1874
Personal details
Born(1823-03-30)30 March 1823
Died20 April 1883(1883-04-20) (aged 60)
BuriedSt Peter's churchyard, Ellastone
DenominationAnglican
SpouseMary Ann Young, Gertrude Granville

George Richard Mackarness (30 March 1823 – 20 April 1883) was Bishop of Argyll and The Isles in the Scottish Episcopal Church[1] in the last third of the 19th century.[2]

Mackarness was the second son of John Mackarness, a West India merchant of Elstree House, Bath.[3] His older brother John was the Bishop of Oxford[4] from 1870 until 1889.[5] His younger brother Henry was also a vicar.[6]

He was educated at Merton College, Oxford and ordained in 1846. He held incumbencies at Ilam, Lochgilphead and Oban.[7]

He served with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel,[8] and contributed to the Hursley Magazine.[9]

He was married to Mary Ann Young, who died on April 15, 1873.[9][10] They had one child, George Evelyn Mackarness.[11] Five years later he married Gertrude Granville.[9]

Church of the Holy Cross, Ilam - where Mackarness was incumbent 1854-1874

He died on 20 April 1883.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Marcus Beresford, Archbishop of Armagh: Correspondence and Papers". Archives Hub. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  2. ^ Bertie, David (2000). Scottish Episcopal clergy, 1689-2000. Edinburgh: T & T Clark. p. 208. ISBN 0-567-08746-8.
  3. ^ W. P. Courtney, ‘Mackarness, John Fielder (1820–1889)’, Ellie Clewlow, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 17 July 2013
  4. ^ Caros Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Obituary. Bishop Mackarness The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Sep 17, 1889; pg. 7; Issue 32806
  6. ^ Mackarness Place website, Children and Grandchildren of John Mackarness of Bath
  7. ^ Bertie 2000, p. 545
  8. ^ Bodleian Libraries website, Archives and Manuscripts section, Diary of George Richard Mackarness, Vicar of Ashbourne, Derbyshire
  9. ^ a b c University of Newcastle website, Centre For 21st Century Humanities section, Letters of Charlotte Mary Yonge
  10. ^ Billion Graves website, George Richard MacKarness
  11. ^ Mackarness Place website, Hambleden Parish Magazine, 1896
  12. ^ Obituary. The Times (London, England), Saturday, Apr 21, 1883; pg. 12; Issue 30800
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