Edward Denison | |
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| Bishop of Salisbury | |
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| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of Salisbury |
| Installed | 1837 |
| Predecessor | Thomas Burgess |
| Successor | Walter Kerr Hamilton |
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| Ordination | 23 December 1827. |
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| Born | (1801-03-13)13 March 1801 |
| Died | 6 March 1854(1854-03-06) (aged 52) |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Louisa Mary Seymer |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford Merton College, Oxford |
Edward Denison the elder (1801–1854) was an Englishbishop of Salisbury.
He was born at 34Harley Street, London, on 13 March 1801. His father was John Denison of Ossington, a merchant in London, whose surname was originally Wilkinson, but as first cousin of William Denison ofKirkgate, Leeds, he was left the bulk of a large property on condition that he assumed the name of Denison and continued the business in Leeds. His father did this, and afterwards resided atOssington, Nottinghamshire, before dying at 2 Portman Square, London, on 6 May 1820. His mother, his father's second wife, was Charlotte, second daughter ofSamuel Estwick, M.P. forWestbury.John Evelyn Denison, speaker of the House of Commons,George Anthony Denison the archdeacon of Taunton, andSir William Thomas Denison were his brothers.[1]
Edward Denison received his early education atEsher, and in 1811 enteredEton College. In 1818 he enteredOriel College, Oxford, where in 1822 he took a first class and his B. A. degree. He was elected a fellow ofMerton College in 1826, proceeded M.A., and received ordination on 23 December 1827. After serving as curate atWolvercote, nearOxford, and atRadcliffe on Trent in Nottinghamshire, he returned to Oxford and took charge of the parish of St. Peter, where he remained until his appointment to the see ofSalisbury.[1]
He acquired some reputation while filling the office of select preacher before the university in 1834, but in 1835 strongly opposed the admission of dissenters to the colleges of Oxford. With the support ofLord Melbourne, and at the early age of thirty-six, he was consecrated bishop of Salisbury (16 April 1837), having on 5 April previously been created D.D. by his university. He immediately increased the number of Sunday services in the parish churches, and reformed the mode of conductingconfirmations. Whencholera broke out in Salisbury the bishop worked both as a religious teacher and as a sanitary reformer.[1]
He was a well-known advocate of the revival of the church's synodical powers, and in convocation displayed considerable resolution in furthering the movement. A good administrator, in his theological views he was always somewhat intolerant. He died from the effects of a cold, which terminated in ablack jaundice, in the Close, Salisbury, on 6 March 1854, aged fifty-three, and was buried in the cloisters of the cathedral on 15 March.[1]
Denison wrote mainly sermons and charges. They include:
On 27 June 1839 Denison married Louisa Mary (b. 1812), daughter of Henry Ker Seymer of Hanford, Dorset, who died on 22 September 1841. It was of this first marriage thatEdward Denison (1840–1870) was born. He married secondly, on 10 July 1845, Clementina (b. 1812), daughter of Charles Baillie-Hamilton, archdeacon of Cleveland, who died on 12 May 1894.[2]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Boase, George Clement (1888). "Denison, Edward (1801-1854)". InStephen, Leslie (ed.).Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 14. London:Smith, Elder & Co.| Church of England titles | ||
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