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Hibbert Binney (12 August 1819 – 30 April 1887) was a 
In 1851, Binney was named Bishop of Nova Scotia and was consecrated in 
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bishop. He was the fourth Bishop of Nova Scotia from 1851 to 1887.
Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, the grandson of Hibbert Newton Binney and the son of the Reverend Hibbert Binney and Henrietta Amelia Stout. Hibbert Binney Sr. was the rector of St George's Church in Sydney. In 1823, Binney Sr. returned to England with his family to become rector of Newbury, Berkshire. From 1833, he was the minister of Trinity Chapel, Knightsbridge
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, London. The family lived at Mound House, 11 Holland Park Avenue, north Kensington.
Binney Jr. was educated at King's College London, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Worcester College, Oxford in 1842. He was ordained deacon by the Bishop of Oxford
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Richard Bagot in 1842 and was appointed a fellow
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of Worcester College. In 1844, he received his Master of Arts and was appointed tutor in 1846. In 1848, he became bursar of Worcester College.
In 1851, Binney was named Bishop of Nova Scotia and was consecrated in London
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by Archbishop John Bird Sumner
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Early life
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of Canterbury
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and assisted by Bishops Blomfield of London, Wilberforce of Oxford, and Gilbert of Chichester.
He was married to Mary Bliss (1829–1903), she was the daughter of William Blowers Bliss and Sarah Ann Anderson. Binney lived for years with Rosina in what is now known as the Black-Binney House, which is now a national historic site.
References
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Binney, Hibbert 1819 births 1887 deaths Alumni of King's College London Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford Anglican bishops of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops Fellows of Worcester College, Oxford