George Tomlinson (clergyman)

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George Tomlinson (born March 12, 1794 in Lancashire , † February 6, 1863 in Gibraltar ) was a British clergyman of the Anglican Church and since 1842 its first "Lord Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe" with second seat in Malta and responsibility for the entire European continent .

Life

Right Reverend Tomlinson, from an old Welsh family, attended St. Savior's Grammar School and studied from October 16, 1818 at St. John's College , Cambridge . In 1820 he founded the Cambridge Apostles there , an elitist, intellectual secret society based on the model of Freemasonry at the University of Cambridge . He graduated on April 18, 1822 the Bachelor of Arts from, made 1826 the Master of Arts and doctorate finally in 1842 a doctorate in theology .

From 1831 to 1842 he was secretary of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge . He began his career as a clergyman as chaplain to the Bishop of London, then he was court master in Sir Robert Peel's family. From 1832 to 1842 he was then pastor of St. Matthew's Chapel on Spring Gardens in Westminster (London) .

On August 24, 1842 he received his episcopal ordination in Westminster Abbey and was introduced to his office as "Lord Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe" on November 6, 1842 with a salary of £ 1,200 . In April 1843 he set out on a trip to Malta, for which he was also responsible, and reached Gibraltar on August 3, 1843, where he has since worked in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity , the mother church of the diocese in Europe , did its service. He held this office until his death on February 6, 1863. He was the first Anglican Bishop of Gibraltar and in this capacity he was responsible for all members of his denomination living or traveling outside the UK. That is why he was also chairman of a church committee in Bad Kissingen around 1860 , which had an Anglican church built in the Bavarian state spa from 1855 onwards, which after seven years of construction, financed without exception, could finally be consecrated in 1862.

Tomlinson married in his first marriage on November 21, 1848 at Castle Eaglescairnie ( Lothian (Scotland) ) Louisa Stuart (born October 15, 1815 - September 15, 1850), the eldest daughter of the future general Sir Patrick Stuart (1777-1855) Eaglescairnie, Grand Cross Knight of the Order of St. Michael and St. George and former Governor of Malta, and Catharine-Henrietta Rodney (1791–1870). In his second marriage he married on January 6, 1855 in the London borough of St. James's Eleanor Jane Mackenzie-Fraser († October 22, 1858), the daughter of Colonel Charles Mackenzie-Fraser (1792-1871), Lord of Castle Fraser and Inverallochy in Aberdeenshire (Scotland), and the Jane Hay . The couple moved to Malta, where their three children were born. When Tomlinson died in February 1863, his three young children Eleanor (* March 21, 1856 - April 4, 1944), George (* April 16, 1857) and Mary (* May 10, 1858) were orphans.

On Malta, Tomlinson performed his service in the capital Valletta in the Procathedral of St. Paul , where a monument still commemorates him today. There is an oil portrait painted by Lowes Cato Dickinson (1819–1908).

His astronomical and archaeological records are now archived in a special library at the University of Aberdeen .

Publications

  • On the royal names and titles on the sarcophagus in the British Museum, formerly called the tomb of Alexander , in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature , Volume 2, 1834
  • On the astronomical ceiling of the Memnonium at Thebes , in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature , Volume 3, 1839
  • On a royal Egyptian coffin in the British Museum , in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature , Volume 3, 1839
  • On the Flaminian obelisk , in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature , Series 2, Volume 1, 1843, pp. 176–191 ( digitized version )

literature

  • Church of England. Diocese of Gibraltar. Bishop Tomlinson George , a charge delivered to the clergy of the Diocese and Jurisdiction of Gibraltar at the visitation held in the English Collegiate Church of St. Paul Malta December 28th 1844, Francis & John Rivington, 1845, reprint: Pranava Books, 2007
  • Thomas Baker, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor: History of the College of St. John the evangelist, Cambridge , Volume 2, 1869, page 975 ( digitized in the Google book search)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Malta Family History - Other sources cite February 7th or 9th.
  2. ^ A Cambridge secret revealed: the Apostles
  3. ^ Benedikt Mandl: Secret societies in Cambridge: The illustrious dozen , in: manager magazin Online , 2005
  4. ^ William Scott, Francis Garden, James Bowling Mozley: The Christian remembrancer , Volume 4, 1822, page 315 ( digitized in the Google book search)
  5. ↑ Frederic Boase: Modern English biography , Volume 3, Verlag Frank Cass, 1965, page 1885 ( excerpt in the Google book search)
  6. ↑ Cathedral of The Holy Trinity, Gibraltar ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gibconnect.com
  7. ^ Henry Joseph Corbett Knight: The diocese of Gibraltar; a sketch of its history, work and tasks ( online )
  8. ↑ Sylvanus Urban: The Gentleman's Magazine , 1855, page 305 ( digitized in the Google book search)
  9. ^ The Bishop of Gibraltar , in: Illustrated London News of March 28, 1863, Volume 42, Page 363 ( digitized in the Google book search)
  10. ^ National Portrait Gallery
  11. ↑ National Register of Archives
personal data
SURNAME Tomlinson, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British clergyman of the Anglican Church
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Lancashire
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1863
Place of death Gibraltar