Sir Charles Gordon-Cumming-Dunbar, 9th Baronet
Sir Charles Gordon-Cumming-Dunbar, Bt | |
|---|---|
| Anglican Archdeacon of Grenada | |
| Church | Church of England |
| See | Barbados |
| In office | 1875–1877 |
| Previous post(s) | Chaplain to the Bishop of Colombo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 February 1844 |
| Died | 8 January 1916 Ramsgate |
Charles Gordon-Cumming-Dunbar (14 February 1844 – 8 January 1916) was an Anglican priest in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Gordon-Cumming-Dunbar was born in Elgin, Moray, in Scotland. He was educated at Winchester College and the University of Jena; and ordained in 1867.[1] His first post was as Chaplain to the Bishop of Colombo.[2] He later refused the chance to be the first Bishop of Pretoria but accepted the Archdeaconry of Grenada, serving from 1875[3] to 1877. On his return he held incumbencies at Little Heath[4] and Walthamstow.[5]
On 17 October 1872 he married Edith Wentworth, youngest daughter of William Charles Wentworth. He had one daughter, Beatrix Leyla Marjorie Wentworth, who died on 8 January 1919 in Ramsgate, leaving issue.
References
- ^ ‘DUNBAR, Rev. Sir Charles Gordon-Cumming’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 7 Sept 2014
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p424 London, Horace Cox, 1908
- ^ "Archdeacon of Grenada". Pall Mall Gazette. No. 3208. London, England. 31 May 1875.
- ^ "Ecclesiastical Intelligence". The Hampshire Advertiser. No. 4331. Southampton, England. 17 December 1887. p. 2.
- ^ "The Rev. Sir Charles Dunbar". The Times. No. 41060. London, England. 11 January 1916. p. 11.