George Mackarness

George Richard Mackarness (30 March 1823 – 20 April 1883) was Bishop of Argyll and The Isles in the Scottish Episcopal Church in the last third of the 19th century.

The Right Reverend

George Mackarness
Bishop of Argyll and The Isles
ChurchScottish Episcopal Church
DioceseArgyll and The Isles
In office1874-1883
PredecessorAlexander Ewing
SuccessorAlexander Chinnery-Haldane
Orders
Ordination1846
Consecration1874
Personal details
Born(1823-03-30)30 March 1823
Died20 April 1883(1883-04-20) (aged 60)
BuriedSt Peter's churchyard, Ellastone
DenominationAnglican
SpouseMary Ann Young, Gertrude Granville

Mackarness was the second son of John Mackarness, a West India merchant of Elstree House, Bath. His older brother John was the Bishop of Oxford from 1870 until 1889. His younger brother Henry was also a vicar.

He was educated at Merton College, Oxford and ordained in 1846. He held incumbencies at Ilam, Lochgilphead and Oban.

He served with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and contributed to the Hursley Magazine.

He was married to Mary Ann Young, who died on April 15, 1873. They had one child, George Evelyn Mackarness. Five years later he married Gertrude Granville.

He died on 20 April 1883.

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