George Mackarness

The Right Reverend George Mackarness
Bishop of Argyll and The Isles
Church	Scottish Episcopal Church
Diocese	Argyll and The Isles
In office	1874-1883
Predecessor	Alexander Ewing
Successor	Alexander Chinnery-Haldane
Orders
Ordination	1846
Consecration	1874
Personal details
Born	(1823-03-30)30 March 1823
Died	20 April 1883(1883-04-20) (aged 60)
Buried	St Peter's churchyard, Ellastone
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Mary Ann Young, Gertrude Granville

George Richard Mackarness (30 March 1823 – 20 April 1883) was Bishop of Argyll and The Isles in the Scottish Episcopal Church^[1] in the last third of the 19th century.^[2]

Mackarness was the second son of John Mackarness, a West India merchant of Elstree House, Bath.^[3] His older brother John was the Bishop of Oxford^[4] from 1870 until 1889.^[5] His younger brother Henry was also a vicar.^[6]

He was educated at Merton College, Oxford and ordained in 1846. He held incumbencies at Ilam, Lochgilphead and Oban.^[7]

He served with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel,^[8] and contributed to the Hursley Magazine.^[9]

He was married to Mary Ann Young, who died on April 15, 1873.^[9][10] They had one child, George Evelyn Mackarness.^[11] Five years later he married Gertrude Granville.^[9]

Church of the Holy Cross, Ilam - where Mackarness was incumbent 1854-1874

He died on 20 April 1883.^[12]

References

1. "Marcus Beresford, Archbishop of Armagh: Correspondence and Papers". Archives Hub. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
2. Bertie, David (2000). Scottish Episcopal clergy, 1689-2000. Edinburgh: T & T Clark. p. 208. ISBN 0-567-08746-8.
3. W. P. Courtney, ‘Mackarness, John Fielder (1820–1889)’, Ellie Clewlow, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 17 July 2013
4. Caros Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
5. Obituary. Bishop Mackarness The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Sep 17, 1889; pg. 7; Issue 32806
6. Mackarness Place website, Children and Grandchildren of John Mackarness of Bath
7. Bertie 2000, p. 545
8. Bodleian Libraries website, Archives and Manuscripts section, Diary of George Richard Mackarness, Vicar of Ashbourne, Derbyshire
9. University of Newcastle website, Centre For 21st Century Humanities section, Letters of Charlotte Mary Yonge
10. Billion Graves website, George Richard MacKarness
11. Mackarness Place website, Hambleden Parish Magazine, 1896
12. Obituary. The Times (London, England), Saturday, Apr 21, 1883; pg. 12; Issue 30800

External links

• Cathedral Guesthouse website, The Cumbrae College Calendar, published 1879
• Mackarness Place website, George Richard Mackarness 1823 - 1883; His visits to Ireland and Madeira
• Mackarness Place website, George Richard Mackarness 1823 - 1883; Notes on his life and on some of his family connections

Scottish Episcopal Church titles
Preceded by Alexander Ewing	Episcopalian Bishop of Argyll and The Isles 1874–1883	Succeeded by Alexander Chinnery-Haldane