The Right Reverend George Mackarness | |
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Bishop of Argyll and The Isles | |
Church | Scottish Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Argyll and The Isles |
In office | 1874-1883 |
Predecessor | Alexander Ewing |
Successor | Alexander Chinnery-Haldane |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1846 |
Consecration | 1874 |
Personal details | |
Born | 30 March 1823 |
Died | 20 April 1883 | (aged 60)
Buried | St Peter's churchyard, Ellastone |
Denomination | Anglican |
Spouse | Mary 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]
He died on 20 April 1883. [12]