William Hartley Carnegie

Carnegie in 1916

Reverend William Hartley Carnegie (27 February 1859 – 18 October 1936) a Canon of Westminster starting in 1913. He was the Sub-Dean of Westminster from 1919 until his death. He was the Rector of St Margaret's, Westminster from 1913 to 1936.[1][2]

Biography

Carnegie was born on 27 February 1859 in County Dublin, Ireland to Robert Carnegie.

He was Rector of Great Witley, Worcestershire. Appointed Rector of St Margaret's, Westminster in 1913, he served as such until his death in 1936, and was also a Canon of Westminster Abbey during those years. He was the Sub-Dean of Westminster from 1919 to his death.[1][2]

He died on 18 October 1936.[1] His ashes were interred in the nave of Westminster Abbey.[2]

Family

Carnegie married on 15 June 1892 Albinia Frances Crawley-Boevey, daughter of Sir Thomas Hyde Crawley-Boevey, 5th Baronet of Flaxley Abbey and Frances Elizabeth Peters.[2][3][4] The couple had five daughters, Frances, Mary Albinia, Kathleen, Jocosa, and Rachel Elizabeth. His first wife died at the Great Witley rectory on 12 May 1902, only seven months after the birth of their youngest daughter.[5]

He re-married Mary Endicott in 1916. She was the widow of politician Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914).[6]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 "Death of Canon Carnegie". Glasgow Herald. 20 October 1936. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "William and Mary Carnegie". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  3. ↑ Wherry, Albinia (1929). The Albinia Book: Being the History of Albinia Cecil and of Those who Have Borne Her Name, with a New and Particular Account of the Celebrated Albinia Bertie, Countess of Buckinghamshire, and Her Immediate Descendants. London. p. 20.
  4. ↑ Mosley, Charles (2003). Burke’s Peerage & Baronetage, 107th Edition. Crans, Switzerland: Burke’s Peerage. p. 960.
  5. ↑ "Deaths". The Times (36761). London. 14 May 1902. p. 1.
  6. ↑ "Mrs. Chamberlain Weds. Widow of Colonial Secretary. Bride of Rev. W. H. Carnegie". New York Times. 4 August 1916. Retrieved 2014-08-10.

Works

  • Through Conversion to the Creed: Being a Brief Account of the Reasonable Character of Religious Conviction. (1893)
  • Some Principles of Religious Education. (1896)
  • Faith and Reason. Three Addresses. (1904)
  • Churchmanship and Character. (1909)
  • Why and What I Believe in Christianity. (1910)
  • Democracy and Christian Doctrine. (1914)
  • Resentment: Three Sermons. (1916)
  • Democracy and Personal Leadership. (1918)
  • Personal Religion and Politics. (1920)
  • Anglicanism: An Introduction to Its History and Philosophy. (1925)
  • Parliament and the Prayer Book. (1928)

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