James Marchant

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Rev Sir James Marchant FRSE FLS FRAS KBE LLD (1867–1956) was a British eugenicist, social reformer and author. He was leader of the National Vigilance Association, concerned with social morality, and also the Director of the . He epitomises the view of the priggish Victorian attitude to sex and morality.[1]

Life[]

James Marchant was born in London on 18 December 1867.

Between 1889 and 1893, Marchant was a lecturer on Christian apologetics to the Bishop of St Albans and to the Christian Evidence Society.[2]

In 1895, Marchant became a minister of an independent Congregational church in Plymouth. He went on to lead a Presbyterian church in north London before serving as an assistant minister to a Presbyterian church in Clapham. [2]

In 1903, Marchant became clerical secretary to Dr Barnardo's Homes.[2]

In 1913, Marchant was appointed secretary of the National Birth-rate Commission.[2]

In 1917, Marchant was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir Thomas Clouston, Sir Alexander Russell Simpson, John Arthur Thomson and John William Ballantyne.

In 1921, Marchant was created a Knight of the Order of the British Empire by King George V for his work on birth-rate and contraception.[3]

Marchant died at his home in Sherborne on 20 May 1956.

Family[]

In 1895, he married Eleanor Jane Gordon.

Publications[]

  • Theories of the Resurrection of Christ (1896)
  • Theories of the Person of Christ (1903)
  • Social Hygienics: A New Crusade (1909)
  • Aids to Purity (1909)
  • A Plea for Regeneration (1912)
  • The Cleansing of a City (1917)
  • The Master Problem (1917)
  • The Coming Renaissance (1923)
  • British Preachers (1927)
  • The Coming of Age of Christianity (1951)
  • The Censorship of Low Orade Literature
  • The Reunion of Christendom
  • The Life of Alfred Russel Wallace

References[]

  1. ^ Edwardian Turn of Mind, Samuel Hynes
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Sir J Marchant: A Tireless Social Worker". The Times. 22 May 1956. p. 11.
  3. ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.

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