English cleric
George Tomlinson (12 March 1794 – 6 February 1863)[ 2] Anglican Bishop of Gibraltar from 1842 to 1863.
Biography
Auberge d'Aragon in Valletta , Malta , which was leased to Tomlinson in the 1840s under the name Gibraltar House .Tomlinson was born in Lancashire , the son of Eleanor Jane Fraser and John Tomlinson.[ 3] St Saviour's Grammar School , Southwark ,[ 4] St John's College, Cambridge , in 1818, matriculating in 1819. He graduated B.A. in 1823, M.A. in 1826, and D.D. in 1842.[ 5] Cambridge Apostles .[ 4]
Ordained in 1822, Tomlinson became chaplain to William Howley , the Bishop of London , and was employed as a tutor by Sir Robert Peel .[ 5] High Church alternative around Howley, Peel and Charles James Blomfield to the Infant School Society of Samuel Wilderspin .[ 6]
From 1831 to 1842, Tomlinson was secretary to the SPCK .[ 5] Saturday Magazine Clergy List Ecclesiastical Gazette . In 1840 he undertook an ecumenical mission in the Levant and wrote a report on it.[ 7]
Tomlinson's consecration On 24 August 1842, Tomlinson was consecrated a bishop at Westminster Abbey . He arrived in Gibraltar in 1842 with Robert Wilson , the new governor, on HMS Warspite .[ 8] [ 5]
Family
Tomlinson married twice. His first wife was Louisa, daughter of Gen. Sir Patrick Stuart ; they were married in 1848, and she died in 1850.[ 9] Inverallochy and 6th of Castle Fraser ; they were married in 1855.[ 1]
References
^ a b Baker, Thomas (1869). History of the College of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge 975 . Retrieved 6 August 2017 . ^ "The Mediterranean: From Our Own Correspondent" The Morning Post . London, England. 20 February 1863. p. 5. Retrieved 13 August 2014 – via The British Newspaper Archive.^ 1855 marriage of George Tomlinson, son of John Tomlinson, and Eleanor Jane Fraser, daughter of Charles Fraser; England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 .
^ a b Lubenow, W. C. (1999). The Cambridge Apostles 1820–1914 . Cambridge University Press. p. 27.^ a b c d "Tomlinson, George (TMLN818G)" . A Cambridge Alumni Database . University of Cambridge.^ Phillip MacCann; Francis A. Young (1982). Samuel Wilderspin and the infant school movement ISBN 978-0-7099-2903-1 . Retrieved 2 April 2013 . ^ Peter Allen (10 June 2010). The Cambridge Apostles: The Early Years ISBN 978-0-521-14254-0 . Retrieved 2 April 2013 . ^ E. G. Archer (2006). Gibraltar Identity and Empire ISBN 978-0-415-34796-9 . Retrieved 2 April 2013 . ^ "Obituary: Gen. The Hon. Sir P. Stuart" . The Gentleman's Magazine . F. Jeffries: 305. 1855. Retrieved 6 August 2017 .
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