George Mackarness

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]

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	March 30, 1823
Died	April 20, 1883 (aged 60)
Buried	St Peter's churchyard, Ellastone
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Mary Ann Young, Gertrude Granville

Mackarness was the second son of John Mackarness, a West India merchant of Elstree House, Bath.[3] He was educated at Merton College, Oxford and ordained in 1846. He held incumbencies at Ilam, Lochgilphead and Oban.[4]

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

He died on 20 April 1883.[5] His older brother John was the Bishop of Oxford[6] from 1870 until 1889.[7]

References

1. "Archives Hub". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
2. Bertie et al. harvnb error: no target: CITEREFBertie2000EdinburghT_&_T_Clark_ISBN_0-567-08746-8 (help), Scottish Episcopal Clergy, p. 208.
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. Bertie (ibid) p545
5. Obituary. The Times (London, England), Saturday, Apr 21, 1883; pg. 12; Issue 30800
6. Caros Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
7. Obituary. Bishop Mackarness The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Sep 17, 1889; pg. 7; Issue 32806