Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Anglican Church
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Cultural formation | Violet Fane | VF
belonged to a well-established family with high social connections. Fane, Violet. “Introduction”. Poems, John C. Nimmo, 1892, p. v - viii. vi |
| Cultural formation | Mary Palmer | MP
was born into the English rural professional class on the fringes of the gentry, and was a member of the Church of England
. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. under Sir Joshua Reynolds |
| Cultural formation | Mary Gawthorpe | MG
begins her autobiography with her local identity: I was Yorkshire born. My forebears, grandparents maternal and paternal, were all born in Yorkshire, in Leeds so far as I know. Gawthorpe, Mary. Up Hill to Holloway. Traversity Press, 1962. 7 |
| Cultural formation | Susanna Hopton | Born into the rising and prosperous English trading class, with strong gentry connections, SH
was baptised into the Church ofEngland
. Possibly out of loyalty to her dead father, who worked for the royal family... |
| Cultural formation | Queen Victoria | QV
was a devout Anglican
, as befitted the head of the Church of England
. (When in Scotland, however, she attended the local Presbyterian
, that is Church of Scotland
, parish church.) |
| Cultural formation | Harriet Hamilton King | Very little is known about her early life. Presumably white, she was born to an upper-class family with relations in the peerage, Scottish on both sides. Late in life she converted to Roman Catholicism
... |
| Cultural formation | Agnes Strickland | Her securely middle-class family had aspirations to rise higher in the social scale, but their financial status steadily declined. They were High Anglicans
. Pope-Hennessy, Una. Agnes Strickland: Biographer of the Queens of England. Chatto and Windus, 1940. 21 |
| Cultural formation | Louisa Anne Meredith | LAM
had a dual class background: her mother came from a professional family and her father from a working-class one, though he latterly worked more with his head than his hands. They were of English... |
| Cultural formation | Josephine Butler | JB
was, however, always careful to distinguish her spiritual beliefs from any particular religious institutions. In a letter of 1883 she acknowledged that I go to the Church once a Sunday out of a feeling... |
| Cultural formation | Ann Gomersall | AG
was baptised in the Church of England
at Portsmouth. Her parents were unlikely to have omitted this sacrament when she was little if they were Anglicans; it seems therefore that she probably converted... |
| Cultural formation | Anna Williams | |
| Cultural formation | Lucy Hutchinson | She grew up in the Puritan
part of the Anglican
faith. She came to share some of the beliefs of the Baptist
s, and later still of the Presbyterian
s or Independents
. She then... |
| Cultural formation | Rosamond Lehmann | RL
came from a family well-established among England's upper-middle-class cultural elite, and regarded herself as English. She descended on her mother's side from one of New Hampshire's early lieutenant-governors, and on her father's from European... |
| Cultural formation | Anne Lady Southwell | ALS
belonged to the English gentry class, with country roots but with contacts and interest at Court. She believed in the new religion, the Protestant Church of England
. |
| Cultural formation | E. Arnot Robertson | Born into the English, presumably white, professional class, she grew up to be highly critical of that class, yet at the same time to continue something of a snob and a racist. These views were... |
Timeline
16 August 1851: Harriet Brownlow Byron founded the Anglican...
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16 August 1851
Harriet Brownlow Byron
founded the AnglicanSociety of All Saints Sisters of the Poor
at 67 Mortimer Street in the town of London Colney in Hertfordshire.
Anson, Peter F. The Call of the Cloister: Religious Communities and Kindred Bodies in the Anglican Communion. Editor Campbell, A. W., Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1964.
317, 319
3 November 1855: An advertisement marked the launch of the...
Writing climate item
3 November 1855
An advertisement marked the launch of the conservative (high Tory
and Anglo-Catholic
), weekly Saturday Review; it focused on Politics, Literature, Science, and Art.
Broomfield, Andrea. “Much More Than an Antifeminist: Eliza Lynn Linton’s Contribution to the Rise of Victorian Popular Journalism”. Victorian Literature and Culture, Vol.
29
, No. 2, 2001, pp. 267-83. 274
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
553-4
Mitchell, Sally. Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer. University of Virginia Press, 2004.
153
1857: Dean Howson advocated the establishment of...
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1857
Dean Howson
advocated the establishment of an Order of Deaconesses within the Anglican Church
; such an Order was recognized by the Lambeth Conference
of Anglican bishops only in 1897.
Stott, Mary. “Ordination of Women: Flickering flame passed to new generation”. Times, 24 Sept. 1981, p. 12.
12
November 1860: Thomas Hill Green became one of the first...
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November 1860
Thomas Hill Green
became one of the first laymen to hold a fellowship at Balliol College
.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
18 July 1862: The Bishop of London, Archibald Campbell...
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18 July 1862
The Bishop of London, Archibald Campbell Tait
, set apartElizabeth Ferard
to be a deaconess in the Anglican Church
, and to head an Order of Deaconesses, even though no such order as yet...
26 July 1869: The Irish Church Act brought forward by Prime...
National or international item
26 July 1869
The Irish Church Act brought forward by Prime Minister Gladstone
disestablished the Church of Ireland
and substantially reduced its property, although it met with strong opposition from the House of Lords
.
“Gladstone and Ireland 1868-74”. A Web of English History: The Peel Web: Irish Affairs.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
1871: The University Test Act abolished all religious...
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1871
The University Test Act abolished all religious tests (of loyalty to the Church of England
) at both ancient universities in England (Oxford
and Cambridge
) for admittance to matriculation, degrees, prizes, and fellowships.
Veale, Sir Douglas. “Modern Oxford”. Handbook to the University of Oxford, 1969th ed., Oxford University Press, 1969, pp. 29-50.
32-3
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
xvii
1 January 1871: The Disestablishment Act came into effect;...
National or international item
1 January 1871
The Disestablishment Act came into effect; the (Anglican) Church of Ireland
ceased to be a national body on a par with the Church of England.
MacDonagh, Oliver. Ireland: the Union and its Aftermath. George Allen and Unwin, 1977.
22-3
Morton, Grenfell. Home Rule and the Irish Question. Longman, 1980.
13
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 21st ed., Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1895.
230
1875: The British parliament passed the Public...
National or international item
1875
The British parliament passed the Public Worship Regulation Act, which was designed to curb the growing enthusiasm in the Church of England
for ritual.
“Introduction to Overdale by Emma Jane Worboise”. Literary Heritage: West Midlands.
January 1876: The monthly Friendly Leaves, published in...
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January 1876
The monthly Friendly Leaves, published in London, began as the first magazine of the Girls' Friendly Society
of the Church of England
.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
8
1880: The Church of England Zenana Missionary Society...
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1880
The Church of EnglandZenana Missionary Society
was established.
Donaldson, Margaret. “’The Cultivation of the Heart and the Moulding of the Will . . . ’: The Missionary Contribution of the Society for Promoting Female Education in China, India and the East”. Women in the Church, edited by William J. Sheils and Diana Wood, Basil Blackwell, 1990, pp. 429-42.
434
January 1880: The GFS Advertiser, devoted to the moral...
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January 1880
The GFS Advertiser, devoted to the moral welfare of young women, began publishing from the Girls' Friendly Society
of the Church of England
.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
9
January 1881: India's Women, the magazine of the Church...
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January 1881
India's Women, the magazine of the Church of EnglandZenana Missionary Society
, began monthly publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
10
1883: The Church Schools Company was founded in...
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1883
The Church Schools Company
was founded in London.
Purvis, June. A History of Women’s Education in England. Open University Press, 1991.
77
Barnard, Howard Clive. A History of English Education from 1760. 2nd ed., University of London Press, 1961.
165
January 1883: Friendly Work began monthly (later quarterly)...
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January 1883
Friendly Work began monthly (later quarterly) publication in London from the Girls' Friendly Society
of the Church of England
.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
9-11
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