Daniel Sandford (Bishop of Tasmania)
Daniel Fox Sandford (25 July 1831 - 20 August 1906[1]) was the Bishop of Tasmania from 1883[2] until 1889.[3]
Educated at Glasgow University and ordained in 1854 he was Chaplain to the Bishop of Edinburgh, during which time he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Subsequently a vicar,[4] then canon within the area he was elevated to the Colonial Episcopate in 1883.[5] Returning to England six years later he became Rector of Boldon and Coadjutor to the Bishop of Durham[6]
His brother was Francis, Baron Sandford and their father was Sir Daniel Sandford, himself a son of Daniel Sandford, the Bishop of Edinburgh from 1806-1830.
He is buried in the upper terrace of St Johns Church at the west end of Princes Street in Edinburgh.
Notes
- ↑ thepeerage.com
- ↑ The Times, Monday, 30 Apr 1883; pg. 6; Issue 30807; col B The New Bishop Of Tasmania.-The Rt Rev DF Sandford
- ↑ Crockford's clerical directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 01o8153674
- ↑ Incumbency details
- ↑ Episcopal details at the Wayback Machine (archived July 30, 2009)
- ↑ Online biography
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