Sir Charles Gordon-Cumming-Dunbar, Bt | |
|---|---|
| Anglican Archdeacon of Grenada | |
| Church | Church of England |
| See | Barbados |
| In office | 1875–1877 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 February 1844 |
| Died | 8 January 1916 Ramsgate |
| Previous post(s) | Chaplain to the Bishop of Colombo |
Charles Gordon-Cumming-Dunbar (b Elgin 14 February 1844 - d Ramsgate 8 January 1916) was an Anglican priest in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
He was educated at Winchester College and the University of Jena; and ordained in 1867.[1] His first post was as Chaplain to the Bishop of Colombo.[2] After that he refused the chance to be the first Bishop of Pretoria but accepted the Archdeaconry of Grenada, serving from 1875[3] to 1877. On his return he held incumbencies at Little Heath[4] and Walthamstow.[5]
On 17 October 1872 he married Edith Wentworth, youngest daughter of William Charles Wentworth. He had one daughter Beatrix Leyla Marjorie Wentworth who died on 8 January 1919, leaving issue.
References[edit]
- ^ ‘DUNBAR, Rev. Sir Charles Gordon-Cumming’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 7 Sept 2014
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p424London, Horace Cox, 1908
- ^ ‘Archdeacon of Grenada’ Pall Mall Gazette (London, England), Monday, May 31, 1875; Issue 3208
- ^ 'ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE' The Hampshire Advertiser (Southampton, England), Saturday, December 17, 1887; pg. 2; Issue 4331
- ^ The Rev. Sir Charles Dunbar The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jan 11, 1916; pg. 11; Issue 41060
