Charles Dundas (priest) explained

Charles Leslie Dundas (1 November 1847 - 17 March 1932) was an eminent Anglican priest in the late nineteenth[1] and early twentieth centuries.[2]

Biography

Born into an ecclesiastical family[3] on 1 November 1847, he was educated at The King's School, Canterbury,[4] and Brasenose College,[5] Oxford.[6] He was ordained in 1870.[7] After a curacy at St Peter’s, Bournemouth, he was Vicar of Charlton Kings from 1875[8] until his appointment as Dean[9] of Hobart and Administrator of the Diocese of Tasmania,[10] a post he accepted in 1885[11] and held for a decade. During this time he was recommended as a suitable candidate for the Bishopric of Tanzania, but was not appointed.[12] After this he held incumbencies at Charminster[13] with Stratton;[14] and then Milton Abbas.[15] In January 1900, the Bishop of Salisbury awarded him a prebendal stall.[16] He was Archdeacon of Dorset from February 1902[17] to 1926, and a Canon Residentiary at Salisbury Cathedral from 1914 to[18] 1928.

A Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford,[19] he died on 17 March 1932.[20]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tasmanian Anglican . 5 November 2013 . 4 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131104230540/http://www.tasmaniananglican.com/ta200409-14/ . dead .
  2. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=190-d_2-1_3&cid=1-1-6-1-6#1-1-6-1-6 Diocese of Salisbury: administrative records
  3. His father was The Reverend G. Dundas sometime Vicar of St Matthew’s, Nottingham. ‘Dundas, Ven. Charles Leslie’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 24 Nov 2012
  4. ”Schola regia cantuariensis: a history of Canterbury School. Commonly called the King's School” Woodruff,C.E: London; Mitchell, Hughes & Clarke; 1908
  5. ”Brasenose College register, 1509-1909” Penson, T.H: Oxford, Blackwell, 1909
  6. University Intelligence The Times (London, England), Friday, Dec 10, 1869; pg. 3; Issue 26617
  7. ORDINATIONS The Morning Post (London, England), Monday, December 19, 1870; pg. 3; Issue 30274
  8. http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=DServeA.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=overview.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqSearch=%28RefNo%3D%3D%27P76%2F12%2F4%2F2%27%29 Gloucestershire CC
  9. http://www.elliottdundas.freeserve.co.uk/record_55.htm Family web site
  10. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29948220 NLA
  11. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE The Hampshire Advertiser (Southampton, England), Saturday, June 06, 1885; pg. 2; Issue 4067
  12. http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/Archives/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo=='Benson/81/179-80') National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  13. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Kellys, 1913
  14. http://www.opcdorset.org/StrattonFiles/StrattonBells.htm OPC
  15. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=190-d_2-1_3&cid=1-1-6-1-4#1-1-6-1-4 National Archives
  16. News: 23 January 1900 . Ecclesiastical Intelligence . 8 . The Times.
  17. Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Thursday, Feb 20, 1902; pg. 11; Issue 36696
  18. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30131/pages/5880/page.pdf London Gazette, 15 June 1917
  19. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCEThe Morning Post (London, England), Friday, May 02, 1873; pg. 3; Issue 31462
  20. Canon Dundas The Times (London, England), Friday, Mar 18, 1932; pg. 9; Issue 46085.

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