Charles Grierson

The Right Reverend

Charles Grierson
Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore
In office1919–1934
Other post(s)Dean of Belfast (1911–1919)
Personal details
Born(1857-04-11)11 April 1857
Died9 July 1935(1935-07-09) (aged 78)[1]
DenominationChurch of Ireland
SpouseBlanche Caldwell née Bloomfield
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin

Charles Thornton Primrose Grierson was an eminent Irish clergyman in the first third of the 20th century.[2] Gaining an MA, then ordained in 1881,[3] he began his career with a curacy at Kells, after which he was Rector of Stradbally[4] and then Seapatrick, County Down. Promotion to be Dean of St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast followed;[5] after which he was elevated to the episcopate as the Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore. Works. He contributed to the monumental "Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels" 1908 edited by Hastings. [6]

References

  1. ^ The Times, Friday, Jul 12, 1935; pg. 16; Issue 47114; col E Obituary Rt Rev. Charles Thornton Primrose Grierson
  2. ^ “A New History of Ireland” Moody,T.M;Martin,F.X;Byrne,F.J;Cosgrove,F:Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  3. ^ “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Kelly’s, 1913
  5. ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 428.
  6. ^ Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Religious titles
Preceded by Dean of Belfast
1911–1919 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore
1919–1934 		Succeeded by