Alexander Hamilton (bishop)

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Alexander Hamilton
Bishop of Jarrow
DioceseDiocese of Durham
In office1965–1980
PredecessorMervyn Armstrong
SuccessorMichael Ball
Other postsHonorary assistant bishop, Diocese of Bath and Wells (1988–2001)
Orders
Ordination1939 (deacon); 1940 (priest)
Consecration1965
by Donald Coggan
Personal details
Born(1915-05-11)11 May 1915
Died22 December 2001(2001-12-22) (aged 86)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
ParentsCuthbert Arthur Hamilton and Agnes Maud Hamilton[1]
Spouseunmarried[1]
Alma materTrinity Hall, Cambridge

Alexander Kenneth Hamilton (11 May 1915 – 22 December 2001)[1] was an eminent Anglican clergyman during the second half of the 20th century.[2]

Educated at Malvern[1] and Trinity Hall, Cambridge (he proceeded Cambridge Master of Arts {MA Cantab} in 1941), he trained for the ministry at Westcott House, Cambridge.[1] He was ordained a deacon by John Willis, assistant bishop, at Holy Apostles, Leicester, on 8 October 1939;[3] and a priest by Guy Smith, Bishop of Leicester, at St Margaret's, Leicester, on 22 September 1940.[4] His first post was as a Curate in Birstall, Leicestershire,[5] after which he was a Chaplain in the RNVR. When peace returned he was Vicar of St Francis, Ashton Gate.[6] Appointed Rural Dean of Central Newcastle in 1962, when Vicar of the Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Grainger Street, he became Bishop of Jarrow, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Durham, three years later.[7] He was ordained (consecrated) a bishop by Donald Coggan, Archbishop of York, on St Matthias' day (24 February) 1965.[8]

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