Daniel Sandford (bishop of Edinburgh)

The Right Reverend Daniel Sandford M.A., D.D.
Bishop of Edinburgh
Church	Scottish Episcopal Church
Diocese	Edinburgh
In office	1806–1830
Predecessor	William Abernethy Drummond
Successor	James Walker
Orders
Ordination	1790 (Deacon); 1791 (Priest)
Consecration	9 February 1809 by Bishops Skinner, Watson, and Jolly
Personal details
Born	1766 Delville, near Dublin, Ireland
Died	14 January 1830 (aged c. 63-64) Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality	Irish
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Reverend Daniel Sandford and Sarah Chapone
Spouse	Helen Frances Catherine Douglas
Children	seven children

The grave of Rev Daniel Sandford, St John's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh

Daniel Sandford, M.A., D.D. (1766 – 14 January 1830) was an Irish-born Anglican clergyman who served in the Scottish Episcopal Church as the Bishop of Edinburgh from 1806 until 1830.

Life

Sandford was born in 1766 at Delville, near Dublin, Ireland, the son of Reverend Daniel Sandford and Sarah Chapone.

In 1792, he became minister of a Qualified Episcopal congregation in Edinburgh, for whom the Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh was built in 1797. This congregation eventually became St John's Episcopal Church, a congregation of the Diocese of Edinburgh. At this period he was living at the newly built house at 22 South Frederick Street in Edinburgh's New Town.[1]

He graduated from Oxford University in 1802 with a Doctor of Divinity (D.D). Together with his congregation, he joined the Episcopal Church of Scotland in 1803, and was ordained bishop of Edinburgh in 1806.[2] He remained Rector of St John's and Bishop of Edinburgh congruently until his death.

Sandford died at home, 17 Melville Street[3] on 14 January 1830 at Edinburgh.[4] He is buried in the churchyard of St John's on Princes Street. The grave lies on the first terrace off Princes Street, east of the church. The marble tablet is heavily eroded.

Family

Sandford married Helen Frances Catherine Douglas, on 11 October 1790. They had seven children, including:[4]

• Erskine Douglas Sandford,(1793–1861), Advocate and Sheriff of Wigtown, who married, on 2 April 1829, Joanna Grace, daughter of William Graham of Mossknow, Dumfriesshire, and left children.[5]
• Frances Catherine Sandford, married Revd Charles Lane
• Sir Daniel Sandford, a politician and scholar, married and had children including:
  • Francis Sandford, 1st Baron Sandford
  • Daniel Sandford, Bishop of Tasmania
• Ven John Sandford (Archdeacon of Coventry), married and had children including:
  • John Sandford, cricketer and judicial official in British India
  • Charles Sandford, Bishop of Gibraltar
  • Venerable Ernest Grey Sandford, Archdeacon of Exeter, married and had children including:
    • Daniel Sandford
    • Richard Sandford

References

1. Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1794/5
2. "www.christianasbookshelf.com". Archived from the original on 9 November 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
3. Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1829/30
4. The Peerage – Rt. Rev. Daniel Sandford
5. Ruvigny & Raineval, The Marquis of, The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal - The Mortimer Percy Volume, Part 1, London , 1911, p.186-7.

External links

• The Episcopal Congregation of Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh, 1794-1818. University of Stirling PhD Thesis by Eleanor M Harris. The thesis includes biographical details about Daniel Sandford (Chapter 4) and a reassessment of his thought and ministry (Chapter Two).

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by William Abernethy Drummond	Bishop of Edinburgh 1806 –1830	Succeeded by James Walker