Adelbert Anson

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Anson in the late 19th century. Adelbert John Robert Anson.jpg
Anson in the late 19th century.
Grave of Bishop Adelbert Anson Colwich, Staffordshire - St Michael and All Angels Church - Bishop Anson.jpg
Grave of Bishop Adelbert Anson

Rev. Hon. Adelbert John Robert Anson DD (20 December 1840 27 May 1909) was a clergyman from the Anson family. He served as an Anglican bishop in late 19th century western Canada. [1]

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Early life

Anson was born in St James's Square, Westminster, [2] the fourth and youngest son of Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield, by Louisa Catherine Philips, daughter of Nathaniel Philips, of Slebech Hall, Pembrokeshire. Thomas Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield and the Honourable Augustus Anson were his elder brothers. [3] He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, and was ordained in 1865. [4]

Career

Anson's first posts were curacies at Wolverhampton and Bilston. From 1875 to 1883 he was Rector of St Mary Magdalene Woolwich before being appointed to the episcopate; [5] he was consecrated a bishop by Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Mary-at-Lambeth on 24 June 1884 (Midsummer, or St John the Baptist's Day). [6]

In his time as Bishop of Qu'Appelle, [7] then in the District of Assiniboia in the North-West Territories and to become part of the Province of Saskatchewan when that was created in 1905, he engendered vast indignation and hostility among local natives and with the headquarters of the then-Church of England in Canada. He openly and publicly declared that it was a vast advantage that his region of the Canadian prairies was blessed with English migrants in addition to trivial native colonials. [8]

Returning to England in 1892 he was Master of St John's Hospital, Lichfield [9] until 1898. He died on 27 May [10] 1909. [11] A controversial figure in his diocese, at least among native Canadian farmers and townspeople, he encouraged the small English community to stand fast and remain aloof from Ontario-born, Country-born, Scottish, Irish, French and aboriginal people.

Anson is buried in the churchyard of St Michael and All Angels in Colwich, Staffordshire.

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References

  1. Who was Who 1987-1990 : London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN   0-7136-3457-X
  2. "Births" . Staffordshire Gazette. 31 December 1840. p. 3. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  3. Burke's Peerage 2003, page 2325
  4. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  5. Bishops of the Diocese of Qu’Appelle Archived May 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  6. "James Hannington, first bishop of eastern equatorial Africa; a history of his life and work, 1847-1885". New York, A. D. F. Randolph. 1887.
  7. Consecration Of Bishops The Times Wednesday, Jun 25, 1884; pg. 10; Issue 31169; col F
  8. See Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan.
  9. The Times, Wednesday, Nov 23, 1892; pg. 7; Issue 33803; col A Ecclesiastical Intelligence
  10. London Gazette
  11. Obituary Bishop Anson The Times Friday, May 28, 1909; pg. 11; Issue 38971; col E
Anglican Communion titles
New title Bishop of Qu'Appelle
18841892
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