Thomas George Spink Suther (5 February 1814 – 23 January 1883) was the Scottish Episcopalian bishop of Aberdeen from 1857 to 1865 and first bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1865 to 1883.[2][3][4][5]
The Right Reverend Thomas Suther | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney | |
.png) Rev. Thomas Suther | |
| Church | Scottish Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | Aberdeen and Orkney |
| Elected | 1865 |
| In office | 1865-1883 |
| Successor | Arthur Douglas |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1837 |
| Consecration | 1865 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 February 1814 |
| Died | 23 January 1883 (aged 68) Sanremo, Liguria, Italy |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Denomination | Anglican |
Suther was born in Edinburgh to Deputy Inspector General Peter Suther, M.D. who was posted to Nova Scotia when his son was an infant. His father was a doctor in the Royal Navy and was stationed at Halifax c.1814-1829. Sutherland was educated at King's College, Windsor in Halifax and ordained in 1837.[6][7][8]
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At age 21, Suther moved to Scotland and became a curate in St Paul's and St George's Church, Edinburgh, for 19 years.[9] After curacies in Edinburgh and at St James Scottish Episcopal Church in Leith[10] he came to St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen in 1856.[9] He died at San Remo on 23 January 1883.[11]
In 1835, Suther married Catherine Fraser, daughter of James Fraser.[8]
References edit
- ^ Rowan Strong (21 March 2002). Episcopalianism in Nineteenth-Century Scotland: Religious Responses to a Modernizing Society. OUP Oxford. p. 292. ISBN 978-0-19-924922-0.
- ^ Crockfords
- ^ Suther's Grave marker inscription, p. 107
- ^ The Annual Register, Volume 125 edited by Edmund Burke - Obit indicating born in Scotland
- ^ Nova Scotia and Nova Scotians: a lecture delivered before the Literary and Debating Society of Windsor, N.S. and afterward at the Temperance Hall, Halifax, in behalf of the Athenæum
- ^ Father's obituary
- ^ 'The Church of England Magazine, Volume 2 (Jan to July 1837)' p. 15: London: James Burns, 1837
- ^ a b Types of Canadian women and of women who are or have been connected with Canada, 1903, p. 326
- ^ a b Benjamin W. Crombie (1882). William Scott Douglas (ed.). Modern Athenians; a series of original portraits of memorable citizens of Edinburgh. A. and C. Black. p. 274 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M p 316: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
- ^ Obituary. The Times (London, England), Monday, 29 January 1883; p. 7; Issue 30729.
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