Malta Protestant College

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The Malta Protestant College was a short-lived Church of England training college. [1]

It was established in 1846 [2] and came under the jurisdiction of George Tomlinson, Bishop of Gibraltar from 1842 to 1863. Its first principal was John Hickman. [3] formerly headteacher of Wigan Grammar School. [4] Regular meetings in England to scrutinise the work of the college. [5] [6] [7] It closed in 1865. [8] Its loss was much lamented by the islands Anglican community. [9] The college's last principal Charles Popham Miles [10] became the incumbent at Monkwearmouth [11] in December 1866. [12]

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Notes

  1. Melitensiawth
  2. Cambridge Chronicle
  3. Alumni Cantabrigienses Part II. Vol iii p358
  4. The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 12 Urban, S (Ed) p534:London, William Pickering, 1839
  5. MALTA PROTESTANT COLLEGE The Derby Mercury (Derby, England), Wednesday, June 28, 1854; Issue 3271
  6. THE MALTA PROTESTANT COLLEGE. The Morning Chronicle (London, England), Saturday, April 18, 1857; Issue 28181
  7. MALTA PROTESTANT COLLEGE. Glasgow Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), Saturday, September 6, 1862; Issue 7069
  8. The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Tuesday, May 16, 1865; Issue 33064
  9. The Church in Malta The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 25, 1866; pg. 1; Issue 25586
  10. National Archives
  11. Alumni Cantabrigienses Part II. Vol iv p411
  12. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE The Morning Post (London, England), Sunday, December 31, 1866; pg. 7; Issue 29034

Coordinates: 35°54′50″N14°29′44″E / 35.91389°N 14.49556°E / 35.91389; 14.49556


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