William Alexander

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Standard Name: Alexander, William,, 1824 - 1911
Used Form: the Primate of Ireland

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Wealth and Poverty Cecil Frances Alexander
Biographer Valerie Wallace notes that during the later years of her life, CFA and her husband had amassed a degree of wealth. William Alexander was also given a seat in the House of Lords .
Wallace, Valerie. Mrs. Alexander: A Life of the Hymn-Writer, Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895. Lilliput.
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Textual Production Cecil Frances Alexander
A collection of Poems by CFA was published posthumously, edited by her husband, William Alexander , who also wrote the preface.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford.
Residence Cecil Frances Alexander
Following the birth of their first two children, CFA and her husband relocated to St Mura, Fahan, Donegal following his appointment as rector of that parish. They remained there between 1855-1860.
Wallace, Valerie. Mrs. Alexander: A Life of the Hymn-Writer, Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895. Lilliput.
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Residence Cecil Frances Alexander
From 1867-1896 CFA 's husband was the Bishop of Derry and Raphoe. He held his seat at Londonderry, until the year following her death.
Wallace, Valerie. Mrs. Alexander: A Life of the Hymn-Writer, Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895. Lilliput.
147
Residence Cecil Frances Alexander
CFA 's husband was the rector of Camus-juxta-Mourne, Strabane, County Tyrone.
Wallace, Valerie. Mrs. Alexander: A Life of the Hymn-Writer, Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895. Lilliput.
126-7, 142
politics Cecil Frances Alexander
From 1867-1869, CFA and her husband resisted the political crusade against the established Irish Church .
Alexander, Cecil Frances. “Preface”. Poems, edited by William Alexander, Macmillan, p. v - xxix.
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Her main involvement was providing hospitality, which she did with an ease and natural dignity,
Alexander, Cecil Frances. “Preface”. Poems, edited by William Alexander, Macmillan, p. v - xxix.
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for those...
Occupation Cecil Frances Alexander
While CFA 's husband was rector of the parish of Termonamongan, from 1850-1855, she carried out ministrations of condolence, counsel, [and] charitable help.
Alexander, Cecil Frances. “Preface”. Poems, edited by William Alexander, Macmillan, p. v - xxix.
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Wallace, Valerie. Mrs. Alexander: A Life of the Hymn-Writer, Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895. Lilliput.
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William Verner , a later rector of the parish...
Occupation Cecil Frances Alexander
Her husband wrote that CFA possessed a quality which seemed to be excluded from the ethics of literary people, even when they are religious—the grace of humility.
Alexander, Cecil Frances. “Preface”. Poems, edited by William Alexander, Macmillan, p. v - xxix.
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Devoting much of her time to duties...
Friends, Associates Cecil Frances Alexander
In 1847, on a visit to her sister Anne in Leamington, CFA met the Vicar of Leeds, writer Walter Farquar Hook .
Alexander, Cecil Frances. “Preface”. Poems, edited by William Alexander, Macmillan, p. v - xxix.
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Wallace, Valerie. Mrs. Alexander: A Life of the Hymn-Writer, Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895. Lilliput.
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Her husband William Alexander wrote in the Preface to her...
Family and Intimate relationships Cecil Frances Alexander
William and Cecil Frances Alexander had four children.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford.
Family and Intimate relationships Cecil Frances Alexander
Cecil Frances Humphreys married the Rev. William Alexander at Strabane Church, Strabane, County Tyrone.
Wallace, Valerie. Mrs. Alexander: A Life of the Hymn-Writer, Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895. Lilliput.
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Alexander, Cecil Frances. “Preface”. Poems, edited by William Alexander, Macmillan, p. v - xxix.
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Family and Intimate relationships Cecil Frances Alexander
CFA 's widower William Alexander became the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, a position he held until his death in 1911.
Wallace, Valerie. Mrs. Alexander: A Life of the Hymn-Writer, Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895. Lilliput.
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Family and Intimate relationships Cecil Frances Alexander
Also a follower of the Oxford Movement , Alexander was rector of Termonamongan parish, Killeter, County Tyrone, from that year; he too was a poet.
McMahon, Séan. “All Things Bright and Beautiful”. Éire-Ireland: A Journal of Irish Studies, Vol.
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, No. 4, Irish American Cultural Institute, pp. 101-9.
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Wallace, Valerie. Mrs. Alexander: A Life of the Hymn-Writer, Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895. Lilliput.
101, 110-11
Family and Intimate relationships Cecil Frances Alexander
Alexander 's esteem for his wife is reflected in his Preface to her Poems, where he writes that while his beloved had no pretension whatever to regular beauty, she possessed the sensitive susceptibility...
death Cecil Frances Alexander
The streets were thronged with crowds of people to witness the funeral procession for the beloved of the poor.
Alexander, Cecil Frances. “Preface”. Poems, edited by William Alexander, Macmillan, p. v - xxix.
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She was buried in the City Cemetery.
The Cyber Hymnal. http://www.cyberhymnal.org.
William Alexander fondly recollected that throughout the...

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Alexander, William, and Jane Rendall. History of Women, from the Earliest Antiquity to the Present Time. Thoemmes Press, 1995, http://U of A Ruth N .
Alexander, Cecil Frances. Poems. Editor Alexander, William, Macmillan, 1896.
Alexander, Cecil Frances. “Preface”. Poems, edited by William Alexander, Macmillan, 1896, p. v - xxix.