Daniel Sandford (bishop of Edinburgh)
M.A., D.D. | |
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| Bishop of Edinburgh | |
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| Church | Scottish Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | Edinburgh |
| In office | 1806–1830 |
| Predecessor | William Abernethy Drummond |
| Successor | James Walker |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1790 (Deacon); 1791 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 9 February 1809 by Bishops Skinner, Watson, and Jolly |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1766 Delville, near Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 14 January 1830 (aged c. 63-64) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Reverend Daniel Sandford and Sarah Chapone |
| Spouse | Helen Frances Catherine Douglas |
| Children | seven children |
Daniel Sandford, M.A., D.D. (1766 – 14 January 1830) was an Irish-born Anglican clergyman who served in the Scottish Episcopal Church as the Bishop of Edinburgh from 1806 until 1830.
Life
Sandford was born in 1766 at Delville, near Dublin, Ireland, the son of Reverend Daniel Sandford and Sarah Chapone.
In 1792, he became minister of a Qualified Episcopal congregation in Edinburgh, for whom the Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh was built in 1797. This congregation eventually became St John's Episcopal Church, a congregation of the Diocese of Edinburgh. At this period he was living at the newly built house at 22 South Frederick Street in Edinburgh's New Town.[1]
He graduated from
Sandford died at home, 17 Melville Street
Family
Sandford married Helen Frances Catherine Douglas, on 11 October 1790. They had seven children, including:[4]
- Erskine Douglas Sandford,(1793–1861), Advocate and Sheriff of Wigtown, who married, on 2 April 1829, Joanna Grace, daughter of William Graham of Mossknow, Dumfriesshire, and left children.[5]
- Frances Catherine Sandford, married Revd Charles Lane
- Sir Daniel Sandford, a politician and scholar, married and had children including:
- , married and had children including:
- British India
- Charles Sandford, Bishop of Gibraltar
- Venerable Ernest Grey Sandford, Archdeacon of Exeter, married and had children including:
References
- ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1794/5
- ^ "www.christianasbookshelf.com". Archived from the original on 9 November 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1829/30
- ^ a b The Peerage – Rt. Rev. Daniel Sandford
- The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal- The Mortimer Percy Volume, Part 1, London , 1911, p.186-7.
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