St Clair Donaldson
St Clair George Alfred Donaldson (11 February 1863 – 7 December 1935) was an English Anglican bishop. He was the first Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia.
Early life
Donaldson was the third son of Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson and his wife Amelia née Cowper and was born in London, England. The family lived at Bere Court near Pangbourne.
Donaldson was educated at
He graduated B.A. in 1885 with a
in 1887.Career
Donaldson was ordained
When Donaldson began his episcopate he found that over £30,000 was on hand for the building of
In 1921 he was appointed Bishop of Salisbury, and on his return to England was pronounced by Arthur Benson to be "a very fine, simple-minded, robust, sensible prelate". At Salisbury as at Brisbane he became the trusted friend of his clergy and no parish was too isolated to be visited. He did work in convocation and was for many years chairman of the board of missions.
Late life
Donaldson had a difficult task as chairman of the joint committee of the Canterbury convocation on "The Church and Marriage", which sat from 1931 until 1935. In 1933 he was appointed by the King Prelate of the Order of St Michael and St George. He held the honorary degrees of D.D. of Oxford and Cambridge, and D.C.L. Durham. After leaving Australia he retained his interest in his old diocese and continued to make monetary contributions to its needs. In his will £4000 was left to endowment funds of the Brisbane diocese. He died suddenly at Salisbury on 7 December 1935 aged 72. He was unmarried.
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