Richard Oldham (priest)

Richard Samuel Oldham (1823–1914) was a Scottish Episcopalian priest:[1] he was Dean of Glasgow and Galloway from 1878 to 1888.[2]

He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford;and ordained deacon in 1856,[3] and priest in 1847.[4] After curacies in St Pancras and Kensington he was Chaplain to the Earl of Elgin from 1851[5] to 1853. He was the Incumbent at St Mary Glasgow from 1853 to 1878. He was Rector of Little Chart from 1881 until 1905; and Perpetual Curate at the Grosvenor Chapel from 1878 to 1881.[6]

He died on 24 June 1914.[7]

References
  1. 'Ecclesiastical' Glasgow Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), Saturday, March 13, 1875; Issue 10986
  2. ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D. M.; p. 389: Edinburgh: T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
  3. 'ORDINATIONS' The Morning Post (London, England), Monday, June 08, 1846; pg. 2; Issue 22624
  4. 'ORDINATIONS' The Morning Post (London, England), Monday, May 31, 1847
  5. 'ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE' The Morning Post (London, England), Tuesday, January 21, 1851; Issue 24061
  6. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p 1066: London, Horace Cox, 1908
  7. Obituary The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 26, 1914; pg. 10; Issue 40560
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Alexander Henderson		 Dean of Glasgow and Galloway
1877–1878		 Succeeded by
John Moir



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