Joseph Barclay
Joseph Barclay (1831–1881) was
Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem
.
Early life
Barclay was born near
Jewish conversion was at that time agitating the religious world in England, and Barclay supported the cause in his own neighbourhood with great activity, till in 1858 he offered himself to the London Society as a missionary. He left Ireland, and after a few months' study in London, was appointed to Constantinople. The mission there had been established in 1835, but no impression had been made on the 60,000 Jews calculated to inhabit the town. Barclay stayed in Constantinople till 1861, making missionary journeys to the Danubian provinces, Rhodes
, and other nearer districts.
He married Lucy Agnes Tryphosa Andrew (d. 1882), 3rd daughter of Rev. William Wayte Andrew (1804–1889), of Wood Hall, Hethersett, Norfolk, 52 years Vicar of Ketteringham in Norfolk, as is recorded on the latter's mural monument in Ketteringham Church.[1]
Career in the Anglican Church
In 1861 he was nominated incumbent of
Jewish
critics are unanimous in asserting that it is marked by an unfair animus against their nation and literature.
Later life
In 1880 he received the degree of
Anglo-Prussian Bishopric in Jerusalem
were to be realised.
Bishop Barclay's attainments were most extensive. He preached in Spanish,
Arabic; and he had acquired some knowledge of Turkish
during his residence in Constantinople.
Arms
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References
- ^ See imageFile:St Peter's church in Ketteringham - C19 monument - geograph.org.uk - 1844114.jpg and better image [1]
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 19 September 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. G,". National Archives of Ireland. p. 432. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Barclay, Joseph". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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