John Cox Edghill

Rev. John Cox Edghill D.D. (1835 [cite book | title = Distinguished Churchmen | page = | author = Charles H. Dant ] - ) was a British Anglican priest, senior chaplain at Aldershot, chaplain to the forces at Portsmouth (1881-5), and Chaplain-General to Her Majesty's Forces (1885-1901).

As a noted Tractarian and Anglo-Catholic, he was the first choice to replace Hibbert Binney as the bishop of Nova Scotia by the Synod of the diocese, at Halifax, June 6, 1887. He declined his election in a letter to the Synod.cite book | title = Letter from Rev. J.C. Edghill, D.D., Chaplain-general, to the Synod of Nova | year = 1887 | isbn = 0665068816 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=NhF3AAAACAAJ ] [cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volume XI | author = George W. Brown, David M. Hayne, Francess G. Halpenny | title = Hibbert Binney | pages = p. 76 | year = 1966 | publisher = University of TorontoPress | isbn = 0802033679 ]

He had a daughter, Ella Mary Edghill, with Mary Nesfield.cite book | title = Newnham College Register, 1871-1950 | page = p. 180 | year = 1964 ]

Bibliography

* "The work of the Church in the army" (1890)

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