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Daniel Fox Sandford, (25 July 1831 – 20 August 1906) was the
Daniel Fox Sandford, (25 July 1831 – 20 August 1906) was the Anglican Bishop of Tasmania
The Bishop of Tasmania is the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Tasmania, Australia.
List of Bishops of Tasmania
John Vernon Kestell Cornish (13 October 193126 January 1982) was consecrated 19 May 1979 at St George's Cathed ...
from 1883 until 1889.
Life
He was born inGlasgow
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on 25 July 1831 the son of Professor (later Sir) Daniel Kyte Sandford, professor of Greek at Glasgow University, and his wife "Miss Charnock". His paternal grandfather was Daniel Sandford, Bishop of Edinburgh.
He studied Divinity at Glasgow University and was ordained
Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...
in 1854.
He was Chaplain
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to the Bishop of Edinburgh
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Prior to the Reformation, Edinburgh was part of the Diocese of St Andrews, under the Archbishop of St Andrews ...
. During this time he lived at Ashfield Cottage on Greenhill Gardens in western Edinburgh. In 1864 he was elected a Fellow
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In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements.
Within the context of higher education ...
of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
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. His proposer was Peter Guthrie Tait.
Subsequently a vicar
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, then canon within the Edinburgh area he was elevated to the colonial episcopate
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
in 1883, with the title of Bishop of Tasmania. Returning to Great Britain
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six years later he became Rector of Boldon and coadjutor bishop
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to Joseph Lightfoot
Joseph Barber Lightfoot (13 April 1828 – 21 December 1889), known as J. B. Lightfoot, was an English theologian and Bishop of Durham.
Life
Lightfoot was born in Liverpool, where his father John Jackson Lightfoot was an accountant. His mo ...
and Brooke Foss Westcott
Brooke Foss Westcott (12 January 1825 – 27 July 1901) was an English bishop, biblical scholar and theologian, serving as Bishop of Durham from 1890 until his death. He is perhaps most known for co-editing ''The New Testament in the Orig ...
, two successive Bishops of Durham
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for thirteen years. He retired as Rector of Boldon and as assistant bishop
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Church of England
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in late 1902, owing to his poor health.
He is buried in the upper terrace of St John's Church at the west end of Princes Street
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in Edinburgh
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.
Family
His brothers wereFrancis Sandford, 1st Baron Sandford
Francis Richard John Sandford, 1st Baron Sandford, (14 May 1824 – 31 December 1893), known as Sir Francis Sandford between 1863 and 1891, was a British civil servant. He was Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Committee of Council on Ed ...
and Sir Herbert Sandford.
His uncle was the legal author Erskine Douglas Sandford
Erskine Douglas Sandford FRSE (31 July 1793–4 September 1861) was a 19th-century Scottish advocate and legal author.
Life
He was born at 22 South Frederick Street in Edinburgh's New Town, then a new house, on 31 July 1793 the son of Helen F ...
FRSE
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.
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