Sydney Linton
Sydney Linton (2 July 1841 – 15 May 1894)
Life
The son of the Rev. Henry Linton,
Linton was
Throughout his service, Linton toured extensively around the Riverina diocese's parishes and was instrumental in setting up the first synod for the Church of England in Australia in 1887. Linton made the last of his journeys throughout the diocese during 1894, before suddenly falling ill. He died later in Melbourne. The second diocesan bishop found the diocese in a somewhat ailing financial state.
Family
Linton married Isabella, eldest daughter of Charles Abel Heurtley.[11] His brother, Henry, was also a first-class cricketer. He was the great grandfather of Martin Linton, who was the Member of Parliament for Battersea in London, England, from 1997 to 2010.
Notes
- ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ^ ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE The Morning Post (London, England), Thursday, 24 May 1894; p. 6; Issue 38050. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
- ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ The Times, Monday, 19 December 1864; p. 6; Issue 25059; col D University Intelligence. Oxford, 17 Dec..
- ^ The Times, Tuesday, 19 March 1867; p. 12; Issue 25762; col D Ordinations. Glocester And Bristol.
- ^ Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, 12 February 1876; Issue 6411
- ^ ESPNcricinfo profile
- ^ The Times, Friday, 2 May 1884; p. 4; Issue 31123; col E Consecration of Two Bishops
- ^ Australia Trove
- ^ In a Strange Land: A History of the Anglican Diocese of Riverina by Laurel Clyde (Hawthorn Press, Melbourne: 1979)
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1901). . Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.