Alfred Barry

Bishop Alfred Barry

Dr. Alfred Barry (15 January 1826 – 1 April 1910) was the Third Bishop of Sydney, who over the course of his career served as headmaster of several independent schools, Principal of King's College London, and founded several prominent Anglican schools.

He was the son of Charles and Sarah Barry, and had four brothers; Charles Barry (junior), Edward Middleton Barry, John Wolfe-Barry and Godfrey Barry.

From King's College School, he went to Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A., 1848; M.A., 1851), where his performance as 4th Wrangler (aeq.) and 7th Classic won him a minor fellowship and a Smith's prize.^[1] In 1850 he became a major fellow and was made deacon by Bishop Thomas Turton of Ely; Bishop Wilberforce of Oxford ordained him priest in 1853. He continued with divinity studies (B.D., 1860; D.D., 1866). Oxford gave him an honorary D.C.L. in 1870, as did Durham in 1888.^[2]

He was consecrated in Westminster Abbey on 1 January 1884 by the Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Bishops of London, Durham, Lincoln, Rochester, Dover and Bishop Perry. On 24 April he was enthroned in St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, installed as Bishop of Sydney and recognized as metropolitan of New South Wales and primate of the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania.

He died at Windsor and was buried in Worcester Cathedral. He was survived by his wife Louisa Victoria, daughter of Canon Hughes of Peterborough, whom he had married on 13 August 1851, and by two sons and a daughter.

Brief history

• Sub-warden of Trinity College, Glenalmond from 1849 to 1854.
• Headmaster of Leeds Grammar School from 1854 to 1862.
• Headmaster of Cheltenham College from 1862 to 1868.
• Principal of King's College London, from 1868 to 1883.
• Member of the Metaphysical Society.
• Residentiary canon of Worcester in 1871, and of Westminster in 1881.
• Honorary chaplain to the Queen in 1875.
• Third Bishop of Sydney 1884-1889.
• Founded St Andrew's Cathedral School Sydney, 1885. The Bishop Barry Centre (BBC) was opened on July 1991 in Druitt St, Sydney and dedicated to his contributions in founding the school.
• Founded Sydney Church of England Grammar School Sydney, 1889.
• Assistant bishop in the diocese of Rochester, 1889 to 1891.
• Canon of St George's Chapel in 1891.
• Rector of St James, Piccadilly, 1895 to 1900.
• Assistant bishop in West London from 1897.

Sermons & other writings

• Lectures on Christianity and Socialism (London, 1890)
• He had written a well-informed biography of his father in 1867 and defended his designs for the Palace of Westminster against the supporters of Augustus Welby Pugin in 1868.
• In 1881 he edited the architectural lectures of his eldest brother, Edward Middleton.
• As late as 1908 he published four lectures for St George's Chapel entitled Do we Believe?
• Published Introduction to the Old Testament, Notes on the Gospels; Notes on the Catechism; The Teacher's Prayer Book as well as various volumes of Sermons. Contributed to Smith's Dictionary of the Bible.

References

1. ^ Barry, Alfred in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
2. ^ Alfred Barry Biography

•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Barry, Sir Charles". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.  This article on his father contains a paragraph describing Alfred's career.

Further reading

• Dant, Charles (1902) Distinguished Churchmen, Chapter 3: The Right Rev. Alfred Barry D.D.
  • (see Wikisource:Page:Distinguished Churchmen.djvu/79 and succeeding pages)

Academic offices
Preceded by Richard William Jelf	Principal of King's College London 1868–1883	Succeeded by Henry Wace

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Name	Barry, Alfred
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Date of birth	15 January 1826
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Date of death	1 April 1910
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