Charles Mackarness
Charles Coleridge Mackarness (22 July 1850 – 1 March 1918)
Early life and family
Mackarness was born at Tardebigge in Worcestershire, the eldest son of John Mackarness and his wife, Alethea Buchanan Mackarness, née Coleridge (1827–1909). At the time of Charles's birth, his father was vicar at Tardebigge and then, from 1855, rector at Honiton in Devon, before being appointed Bishop of Oxford in 1870, a post he held until shortly before his death.[2] His mother was the youngest daughter of John Taylor Coleridge, a judge, who was the nephew of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.[2] He was baptised at St Bartholomew's Church, Tardebigge on 11 August 1850.[3]
His siblings included Frederick (1854–1920), a Liberal politician and Member of Parliament for Newbury[4] and his sister, Eleanor (1855–1936), who married Randal Parsons (1848–1936), the son of William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse[5] and his wife Mary, both of whom were prominent astronomers.[6] Another sister, Mary (1851–1940), married Bernard Coleridge, 2nd Baron Coleridge, a judge who became MP for Sheffield Attercliffe.[7]
Education
Mackarness was educated at Winchester College, representing the school at cricket in 1868.[8]
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In 1901, he became a fellow of Denstone College.[9] He obtained his Bachelor of Divinity (BD) and Doctor of Divinity (DD) degrees in 1914.[1]
Cricket career
Having played cricket for Winchester College in 1868, he made single appearances for the Gentlemen of Devon and for Devon in 1869.[8] While at Oxford, he made appearances for various teams,[8] including a trial for the university team in May 1873,[10] becoming captain of the Exeter College XI in 1873.[1]
Football career
Mackarness was a founder member of the
Oxford University did not enter the inaugural FA Cup tournament in which the first matches were played two days after the Oxford University AFC was founded.[11] The following year, the club entered at the first round stage, defeating Crystal Palace 3–2 on 26 October 1872, and winning their next three matches to reach the semi-final, where they were drawn against the leading Scottish club, Queen's Park. Queen's, however, were unable to raise the funds to travel to London and withdrew from the competition, giving Oxford a bye into the final.[12]
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Clerical career
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Wife and children
On 14 September 1882,[23] he married Grace Emily Milford (1856–1944),[22] the daughter of Robert Newman Milford and his wife Emily Sarah, née Sumner.[31] Her father was Rector of East Knoyle, Wiltshire[1] and her mother was the daughter of Charles Sumner, Bishop of Winchester and sister to Humphrey Milford, head of the London operations of Oxford University Press.[32]
The couple had six children:[33]
- Margaret (Margot) Alethea Sumner Mackarness (1883–1960)
- Hugh John Coleridge Mackarness (1885–1964)
- Elfled (Elfie) Mary Buchanan Mackarness (1887–1968)
- Cuthbert George Milford Mackarness (1890–1962)
- Guy Charles Neave Mackarness (1893–1958)
- Roger Seymour Patterson Mackarness (1896–1966)
Grace Mackarness kept a daily diary between 1883 and 1916, many of which are now available to read at the Mackarness family website.[34]
Retirement and death
Mackarness retired in September 1916[35] and he and his wife moved to 1 Polstead Road, Oxford, where he died on 1 March 1918, aged 67.[1]
Publications
- The Message of the Prayer-Book, 1887[36]
- The Poetry of Keble as a Guide to the Clergy, 1891[37]
- Memorials of the Episcopate of Bishop Mackarness, 1892[38]
- Faith and Duty in Time of War (sermons), 1916[39]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Mackarness, Charles Coleridge DD". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ^ a b Courtney, William Prideaux (1893). Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 35. London: Smith, Elder & Co. . In
- ^ "England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ Craig 1989.
- Trinity College, Dublin. 1968. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "Mary Rosse". www.parsonstown.info. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ Craig 1989, p. 183.
- ^ a b c "Miscellaneous Matches Played By Charles Mackarness". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f Warsop 2004, p. 103.
- ^ "Oxford University v Oxford University Next XVI". Cricket Archive. 9 May 1873. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ^ Collett 2003, p. 14.
- ^ "F.A. Cup 1872–73". The Football Club History Database. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ a b Warsop 2004, p. 41.
- ^ a b c Warsop 2004, p. 31.
- ^ Gibbons 2001, pp. 38–39.
- ^ "1873 FA Cup Final: Wanderers vs Oxford University". www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ Collett 2003, p. 479.
- ^ Gibbons 2001, pp. 41–42.
- ^ "FA Cup Final: 1874: Oxford University 2 Royal Engineers 0". www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ "Reading Minster Club - Annual Supper". Reading Observer: 2. 10 May 1884.
- ^ Huelin, Gordon. "King's College London: The Chapel" (PDF). King's College, London. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ a b Taylor, Jim (April 2014). "Rev. Charles Coleridge Mackarness" (PDF). "The Friends" Newsletter. Friends of St Martin's. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Extracts From the Diary of Grace Emily Mackarness 1883" (PDF). The Mackarness Place. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ "Extracts From the Diary of Grace Mackarness 1888–1889" (PDF). The Mackarness Place. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ a b c d Crouch, David (2000). "Anglo-Catholicism in Scarborough: St Martin's after Robert Henning Parr". www.st-martin-on-the-hill.org.uk. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ Berryman, Bryan. "German bombardment of Scarborough". www.scarboroughsmaritimeheritage.org.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ a b Taylor, Jim (April 2014). "Oxford Movement: a detail you may have missed" (PDF). "The Friends" Newsletter. Friends of St Martin's. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "The day Germany brought terror of war to two Yorkshire seaside havens". Yorkshire Post. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "St Martin on the Hill: The History". www.st-martin-on-the-hill.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ^ "St Martin's on the Hill, Scarborough: Bombardment Wedding". BBC. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ Maw, Martin (May 2013). "Milford, Sir Humphrey Sumner". Oxford DNB. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ "Mackarness Family Tree – Children and Grandchildren of John Fielder Mackarness and Alethea Coleridge" (PDF). The Mackarness Place. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ "The Diaries of Grace Emily Mackarness (1856–1944)". The Mackarness Place. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ "The Diaries of Grace Emily Mackarness: 1916" (PDF). The Mackarness Place. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ The Message of the Prayer-book. Retrieved 13 January 2015 – via www.amazon.co.uk.
- ^ The poetry of Keble: As a guide to the clergy in their pastoral work. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. January 1918. Retrieved 13 January 2015 – via www.amazon.co.uk.
- ^ Memorials of the Episcopate of John Fielder Mackarness D D Bishop of Oxford from 1870 to 1888. James Parker. January 1892. Retrieved 13 January 2015 – via www.amazon.co.uk.
- ^ Faith and Duty in time of War: sermons, etc. Retrieved 13 January 2015 – via www.amazon.co.uk.
Bibliography
- Collett, Mike (2003). The Complete Record of the FA Cup. Sports Books. ISBN 1-899807-19-5.
- ISBN 978-0900178276.
- Gibbons, Philip (2001). Association Football in Victorian England – A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900. Upfront Publishing. ISBN 1-84426-035-6.
- Warsop, Keith (2004). The Early F.A. Cup Finals and the Southern Amateurs. Soccer Data. ISBN 1-899468-78-1.