James Turner (bishop)
James Francis Turner (1829 – 27 April 1893[1]) was the second Bishop of Grafton and Armidale in the 19th century.[2][3]
Early life and education
[edit]Turner was born in Yarmouth, Norfolk in 1829, the son of Lord Justice Sir George James Turner and Louisa Jones.[4][5][6] He was educated at Charterhouse School, then apprenticed for four years in an architect's office.[6]
In 1848 he matriculated at Durham University, where he graduated BA in 1851, licence in theology 1852, and MA in 1853.[4][5] He was ordained deacon in 1852, and priest in 1853, by Edward Maltby.[4][6]
Clerical career
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From 1852-54, Turner was chaplain of Bishop Cosin's Hall in the University of Durham, where he also designed the chapel of Hatfield Hall.[5]
He was curate of Walton, Somerset from 1857, then rector of North Tidworth from 1858, as well as rural dean of Amesbury from 1868.[6]
He was appointed Bishop of Grafton and Armidale after the first appointed bishop, Collinson Sawyer, drowned shortly after taking up the office.[7] He was consecrated a bishop on 24 February 1869 in Westminster Abbey, by Archibald Campbell Tait Archbishop of Canterbury, George Selwyn Bishop of New Zealand, and six other prelates.[4] He was vice-president of the English Church Union, an Anglo-Catholic group.[5]
In late 1892, he resigned his post due to illness; on his way back to England, he died in Rome, aged 64, and is buried in the Protestant Cemetery, Rome.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ The Times, Monday, Jan 01, 1894; pg. 14; Issue 34149; col A Obituary For 1893
- ^ The Sydney Morning Herald. - Aug 6, 1887
- ^ "Armidale Tourism" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ^ a b c d Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b c d e "Durham University: Earlier Foundations and Present Colleges, Fowler, Joseph Thomas (1904)" (PDF). Kessinger Publishing. p. 171. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
- ^ a b c d Aubrey, Keith H. (1976). "James Francis Turner (1829–1893)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 6.
- ^ ”The Story of The Anglican Church in Australia” Symonds, E. London, SPCK, 1898
