Alexander Hamilton (bishop)

Alexander Hamilton
Bishop of Jarrow
Diocese	Diocese of Durham
In office	1965–1980
Predecessor	Mervyn Armstrong
Successor	Michael Ball
Other post(s)	Honorary assistant bishop, Diocese of Bath and Wells (1988–2001)
Orders
Ordination	1939 (deacon); 1940 (priest)
Consecration	1965 by Donald Coggan
Personal details
Born	(1915-05-11)11 May 1915
Died	22 December 2001(2001-12-22) (aged 86) Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Cuthbert Arthur Hamilton and Agnes Maud Hamilton[1]
Spouse	unmarried[1]
Alma mater	Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Alexander Kenneth Hamilton (11 May 1915 – 22 December 2001)[1] was an eminent Anglican clergyman during the second half of the 20th century.[2]

Educated at Malvern[1] and Trinity Hall, Cambridge (he proceeded Cambridge Master of Arts {MA Cantab} in 1941), he trained for the ministry at Westcott House, Cambridge.[1] He was ordained a deacon by John Willis, assistant bishop, at Holy Apostles, Leicester, on 8 October 1939;[3] and a priest by Guy Smith, Bishop of Leicester, at St Margaret's, Leicester, on 22 September 1940.[4] His first post was as a Curate in Birstall, Leicestershire,[5] after which he was a Chaplain in the RNVR. When peace returned he was Vicar of St Francis, Ashton Gate.[6] Appointed Rural Dean of Central Newcastle in 1962, when Vicar of the Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Grainger Street, he became Bishop of Jarrow, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Durham, three years later.[7] He was ordained (consecrated) a bishop by Donald Coggan, Archbishop of York, on St Matthias' day (24 February) 1965.[8]

References

1. "Hamilton, Alexander Kenneth". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 29 December 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2. National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives^[permanent dead link‍]
3. "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 4003. 13 October 1939. p. 317. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 29 December 2016 – via UK Press Online archives.
4. "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 4054. 4 October 1940. p. 647. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 29 December 2016 – via UK Press Online archives.
5. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76. London: Oxford University Press, 1976. ISBN 0-19-200008-X
6. "Church details". Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
7. Ecclesiastical News New Bishop of Jarrow The Times Wednesday, 13 January 1965; p. 12; Issue 56218; col G
8. "(picture caption)". Church Times. No. 5325. 5 March 1965. p. 16. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 29 December 2016 – via UK Press Online archives.

Religious titles
Preceded by Mervyn Armstrong	Bishop of Jarrow 1965–1980	Succeeded by Michael Ball