Daniel Sandford (Bishop of Tasmania)

Daniel Sandford (Bishop of Tasmania)

Daniel Fox Sandford (25 July 1831 - 20 August 1906[1]) was the Bishop of Tasmania from 1883[2] until 1889.[3] Educated at Glasgow University and ordained in 1854 he was Chaplain to the Bishop of Edinburgh, during which time he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Subsequently a vicar,[4] then canon within the area he was elevated to the Colonial Episcopate in 1883.[5] Returning to England six years later he became Rector of Boldon and Coadjutor to the Bishop of Durham[6]

His brother was Francis, Baron Sandford and their father was Sir Daniel Sandford, himself a son of Daniel Sandford, the Bishop of Edinburgh from 1806-1830.

Notes

  1. ^ thepeerage.com
  2. ^ The Times, Monday, 30 Apr 1883; pg. 6; Issue 30807; col B The New Bishop Of Tasmania.-The Rt Rev DF Sandford
  3. ^ Crockford's clerical directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 01o8153674
  4. ^ Incumbency details
  5. ^ Episcopal details
  6. ^ Online biography
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Charles Henry Bromby
Bishop of Tasmania
1883 –1889
Succeeded by
Henry Hutchinson Montgomery