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10 Facts About John Mackarness

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John Fielder Mackarness was a Church of England bishop.

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John Mackarness was born in Islington on 8 December 1820, the eldest son of John Mackarness, a West India merchant, and Catherine, daughter of George Smith Coxhead, a physician.

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John Mackarness was educated at Eton College and Merton College, Oxford.

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John Mackarness was Vicar of St BartholomewTardebigge ; Rector of Honiton and finally Bishop of Oxford.

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John Mackarness discharged the duties of that see until 1888, when failing health compelled him to retire, his resignation taking legal effect on 17 November 1888.

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John Mackarness died at Angus House, Eastbourne, Sussex, on 16 September 1889, and was buried on 21 September in Sandhurst Churchyard, Berkshire.

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John Mackarness married Alethea Buchanan Coleridge on 7 August 1849 at Ottery Saint Mary, Devon, daughter of Sir John Taylor Coleridge.

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John Mackarness was born in 1826 in London and died on 30 March 1909.

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John Mackarness's parents were John Taylor Coleridge and Mary Buchanan.

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John Mackarness was the author of numerous sermons and charges, and until his elevation to the see of Oxford he regularly contributed to The Guardian.