George Tomlinson (bishop)

The Right Reverend

George Tomlinson
The Right Reverend; George Tomlinson
Bishop of Gibraltar
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Gibraltar
In office	1842–1863
Personal details
Born	12 March 1794; Lancashire, England
Died	6 February 1863 (aged 68); Gibraltar Palace, Gibraltar

George Tomlinson (12 March 1794 – 6 February 1863)^[2] was an English cleric, the Anglican Bishop of Gibraltar from 1842 to 1863.

Biography

Tomlinson was born in Lancashire, the son of Eleanor Jane Fraser and John Tomlinson.^[3] He was first educated at St Saviour's Grammar School, Southwark,^[4] and entered St John's College, Cambridge, in 1818, matriculating in 1819. He graduated B.A. in 1823, M.A. in 1826, and D.D. in 1842.^[5] He was founder of the Cambridge Apostles.^[4]

Ordained in 1822, Tomlinson became chaplain to William Howley, the Bishop of London, and was employed as a tutor by Sir Robert Peel.^[5] In 1825 he became secretary to the City of London Infant School Society, a High Church alternative around Howley, Peel and Charles James Blomfield to the Infant School Society of Samuel Wilderspin.^[6]

From 1831 to 1842, Tomlinson was secretary to the SPCK.^[5] There he wrote for the Saturday Magazine, and founded the Clergy List and Ecclesiastical Gazette. In 1840 he undertook an ecumenical mission in the Levant and wrote a report on it.^[7]

On 24 August 1842, Tomlinson was consecrated a bishop at Westminster Abbey. He arrived in Gibraltar in 1842 with Robert Wilson, the new governor, on HMS Warspite.^[8] He died there on 9 February 1863, aged 68.^[5]

Family

Tomlinson married twice. His first wife was Louisa, daughter of Gen. Sir Patrick Stuart; they were married in 1848, and she died in 1850.^[9] His second wife was Eleanor Jane, daughter of Colonel Charles Mackenzie Fraser, 10th Laird of Inverallochy and 6th of Castle Fraser; they were married in 1855.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Baker, Thomas (1869). History of the College of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge. University Press. p. 975. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
^ "The Mediterranean: From Our Own Correspondent". The Morning Post. London, England. 20 February 1863. p. 5. Retrieved 13 August 2014 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
^ 1855 marriage of George Tomlinson, son of John Tomlinson, and Eleanor Jane Fraser, daughter of Charles Fraser; England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973.
^ ^a ^b Lubenow, W. C. (1999). The Cambridge Apostles 1820–1914. Cambridge University Press. p. 27.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Tomlinson, George (TMLN818G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ Phillip MacCann; Francis A. Young (1982). Samuel Wilderspin and the infant school movement. Croom Helm, Limited. pp. 74–75. ISBN 978-0-7099-2903-1. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
^ Peter Allen (10 June 2010). The Cambridge Apostles: The Early Years. Cambridge University Press. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-521-14254-0. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
^ E. G. Archer (2006). Gibraltar Identity and Empire. Psychology Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-415-34796-9. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
^ "Obituary: Gen. The Hon. Sir P. Stuart". The Gentleman's Magazine. F. Jeffries: 305. 1855. Retrieved 6 August 2017.