Andrew Hunter Dunn Explained

Andrew Hunter Dunn
Birth Date:16 October 1839
Birth Place:Saffron Walden, England
Death Place:At sea
Occupation:Anglican priest
Spouse:Alice Hunter
Parents:Hannebal Dunn
Mary Ann Hunter
Children:Edward Dunn
Known For:Being the Bishop of Quebec from 1892 to 1914

Andrew Hunter Dunn (16 October 183914 November 1914)[1] was an eminent Anglican priest,[2] the fifth Bishop of Quebec.[3] [4] Head of Bishop's University and Bishop's College School.

Dunn was born in Saffron Walden in 1839, son of Hannebal (Hannibal) Dunn and Mary Ann Hunter. His mother was the daughter of William Hunter, who was Lord Mayor of London in 1852.[5] [6] Educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, he graduated BA as 29th Wrangler in 1863. Ordained in 1864,[7] his first post was a curacy at St Mark's, Notting Hill.[8] In 1870 he became curate, and in 1872 Vicar, of All Saints, South Acton.[9] [10] In 1892 he was appointed to the episcopate,[11] as the fifth Bishop of Quebec.[12] In 1893 he received an honorary DD from the University of Cambridge.[13] He remained Bishop of Quebec until his sudden death on board ship, homeward bound.

He married his 1st cousin Alice Hunter, with whom he had five sons and two daughters.[5] His son Edward was also a bishop, and his grand daughter Joan was the muse of John Betjeman.[14]

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Notes and References

  1. The Times, Tuesday, Nov 17, 1914; pg. 11; Issue 40699; col E News in Brief
  2. http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=6275&&PHPSESSID=ychzfqkvzape&PHPSESSID=ychzfqkvzape Canadian Biography on-line
  3. http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/QuebecHistory/encyclopedia/AndrewHunterDunn.html Quebec history
  4. The Times, Thursday, Feb 02, 1888; pg. 5; Issue 32298; col F New Bishop of Nova Scotia
  5. Book: Roberts. Sir Charles George Douglas. Tunnell. Arthur L.. The Canadian Who's who. 1910. University of Toronto Press. 69. 3 July 2017. en.
  6. http://www.dunnsland.com/dunn/andrew_hunter_dunn.pdf Dunnsland
  7. "London Ordination" The Times Monday, May 23, 1864; pg. 6; Issue 24879; col E
  8. http://bishop.blogsome.com/2008/03/05/dunn/ Anglican Bishops of Canada
  9. http://www.themcs.org/churches/Acton%20All%20Saints.html Acton, All Saints
  10. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22552 British History On-line
  11. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  12. Rev. Hugh Matheson, Notes on the History of St Paul's Barachois West, Quebec
  13. The Times, Friday, Apr 28, 1893; pg. 11; Issue 33937; col B University Intelligence. Oxford, April 27
  14. http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/read/GENBRIT/2008-04/1208366397 Rootsweb

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