Walrond Jackson

William Walrond Jackson (9 January 1811 – 25 November 1895) was Bishop of Antigua from 1860[1] to 1879.[2]

Life
Memorial brass, St Mary's Church, Ealing

He was the son of William Jackson of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, and Mary Judith Walrond.[3][4] He was educated at Codrington College Barbados and ordained in 1834.[5] After a curacy at Holy Trinity, Trinidad, he held incumbencies in St Vincent and Barbados. From 1846 to 1860 he was Chaplain to the Forces when he was appointed to the episcopate. He was consecrated a bishop on 17 May 1860, and returned to England through ill health in 1879. He retained his See only in the legal sense, with the work carried out by coadjutor bishops John Mitchinson (until 1882)[6] and Charles Branch. He died at home in Ealing.[7]

Family

Jackson married Mary Pile, daughter of Conrade Pile of the Brighton estate, Barbados.[8][9] Their son, William, became Rector of Exeter College, Oxford.

References
  1. "The Bishopric Of Antigua." The Times Tuesday, 3 Apr 1860; pg. 9; Issue 23584; col C
  2. "Obituary: The Bishop Of Antigua." The Times Tuesday, 26 November 1895; pg. 6; Issue 34744; col C
  3. Debrett (1865). Illustrated peerage, and titles of courtesy, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 386. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  4. Genealogies of Barbados Families: From Caribbeana and the Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society. Genealogical Publishing Com. 1983. pp. 575–. ISBN 978-0-8063-1004-6. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  5. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  6. "Mitchinson, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47175. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. New York Times
  8. Thom's Directory of Ireland. 1874. p. 250.
  9. "Summary of Individual Conrade Pile, 1782–1864, Legacies of British Slave-ownership". Retrieved 28 November 2017.


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