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Charles Dundas (priest)

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Charles Leslie Dundas (1 November 1847 - 17 March 1932) was an eminent Anglican priest in the late nineteenth[1] and early twentieth centuries.[2]

Biography

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Born into an ecclesiastical family[3] on 1 November 1847, he was educated at The King's School, Canterbury,[4] and Brasenose College,[5] Oxford.[6] He was ordained in 1870.[7] After a curacy at St Peter’s, Bournemouth, he was Vicar of Charlton Kings from 1875[8] until his appointment as Dean[9] of Hobart and Administrator of the Diocese of Tasmania,[10] a post he accepted in 1885[11] and held for a decade. During this time he was recommended as a suitable candidate for the Bishopric of Tanzania, but was not appointed.[12] After this he held incumbencies at Charminster[13] with Stratton;[14] and then Milton Abbas.[15] In January 1900, the Bishop of Salisbury awarded him a prebendal stall.[16] He was Archdeacon of Dorset from February 1902[17] to 1926, and a Canon Residentiary at Salisbury Cathedral from 1914 to[18] 1928.

A Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford,[19] he died on 17 March 1932.[20]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Tasmanian Anglican". Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  2. ^ Diocese of Salisbury: administrative records
  3. ^ His father was The Reverend G. Dundas sometime Vicar of St Matthew’s, Nottingham. ‘Dundas, Ven. Charles Leslie’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 24 Nov 2012
  4. ^ ”Schola regia cantuariensis: a history of Canterbury School. Commonly called the King's School” Woodruff,C.E: London; Mitchell, Hughes & Clarke; 1908
  5. ^ ”Brasenose College register, 1509-1909” Penson, T.H: Oxford, Blackwell, 1909
  6. ^ University Intelligence The Times (London, England), Friday, Dec 10, 1869; pg. 3; Issue 26617
  7. ^ ORDINATIONS The Morning Post (London, England), Monday, December 19, 1870; pg. 3; Issue 30274
  8. ^ Gloucestershire CC[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ Family web site Archived November 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ NLA
  11. ^ ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE The Hampshire Advertiser (Southampton, England), Saturday, June 06, 1885; pg. 2; Issue 4067
  12. ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Kellys, 1913
  14. ^ OPC
  15. ^ National Archives
  16. ^ "Ecclesiastical Intelligence". The Times. 23 January 1900. p. 8.
  17. ^ Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Thursday, Feb 20, 1902; pg. 11; Issue 36696
  18. ^ London Gazette, 15 June 1917
  19. ^ UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCEThe Morning Post (London, England), Friday, May 02, 1873; pg. 3; Issue 31462
  20. ^ Canon Dundas The Times (London, England), Friday, Mar 18, 1932; pg. 9; Issue 46085.