Eyre Chatterton

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Eyre Chatterton

DD, FRGS
Bishop of Nagpur
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Personal details
Born(1863-07-22)22 July 1863
Monkstown, County Cork
Died8 December 1950(1950-12-08) (aged 87)
Richmond, Surrey[1]

Eyre Chatterton (22 July 1863 – 8 December 1950) was an eminent Anglican author who served as a Bishop in India from 1903 to 1926. He was also an amateur tennis player.

Life[]

He was born in Monkstown, County Cork on 22 July 1863 and educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and Trinity College, Dublin.[2] He was ordained by Bishop Lightfoot in 1887,[3] and began his career with a curacy at Holy Trinity, Stockton-on-Tees. He was head of the Dublin University Mission to Chhöta Nagpur from 1891 to 1900 when he returned briefly to England to be curate of St Mary Magdalene, Richmond, Surrey.[4] In 1902 it was announced he would become the inaugural bishop of Nagpur,[5][6] a post he held for 23 years. He died on 8 December 1950.[7]

Chatterton competed on the amateur tennis tour during the 1880s.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS) in December 1901.[8]

In 1926 he was appointed an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Canterbury.[9]

In London in 1933 he married Miss Elizabeth Hunter Blair, the daughter of Major and Mrs Hunter Blair of Broom House, Berwickshire.[10]

Works[]

  • The Story of Fifty Years' Mission Work in Chhota Nagpur. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1901.
  • With the Troops in Mesopotamia, 1916
  • The Story of Gondwana. Sir I. Pitman & Sons. 1916. with Stephen Hislop and Sir Richard Carnac Temple
  • A History of the Church of England in India: Since the Early Days of the East India Company. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1924.
  • Alex Wood, bishop of Nagpur, missionary, sportsman, philosopher: a memoir. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1939.
  • India Through a Bishop's Diary: Or, Memories of an Indian Diocese, by Its First Bishop. Society for promoting Christian knowledge. 1935.
  • Our Anglican Church in India, 1815-1946. Indian Church Aid Association. 1946.

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Dr. Eyre Chatterton, 87-Years old Former Bishop Of Nagpur, India, Has Died At Richmond, Surrey". Gloucester Citizen. 11 December 1950. p. 5 col E. Retrieved 18 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  4. ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1082.
  5. ^ New Bishopric Of Nagpur The Times Monday, 1 December 1902; pg. 6; Issue 36939; col C
  6. ^ "New Bishopric Of Nagpur". Hampshire Advertiser. 6 December 1902. p. 2 col D. Retrieved 18 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ Obituary Bishop Eyre Chatterton The Times Monday, 11 December 1950; pg. 4; Issue 51871; col E
  8. ^ "Court circular". The Times (36635). London. 11 December 1901. p. 9.
  9. ^ "Dr. Eyre Chatterton, Formerly Bishop Of Has Been Appointed Assistant Bishop Diocese Of Canterbury". Derby Daily Telegraph. 11 December 1926. p. 3 col B. Retrieved 18 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "A Scots Bride Mr Eyre Chatterton and Miss Elizabeth Hunter Blair , Daughter Of Major and Mrs Hunter". The Scotsman. 15 September 1933. p. 12. Retrieved 18 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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Church of England titles
New diocese Bishop of Nagpur
1903– 1926 		Succeeded by
Alexander Wood
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