Background
He was born in Hatcham, Surrey, the son of the barrister and newspaper proprietor Alexander Haldane (son of Scottish cleric James Haldane) and Emma Hardcastle.
He was born in Hatcham, Surrey, the son of the barrister and newspaper proprietor Alexander Haldane (son of Scottish cleric James Haldane) and Emma Hardcastle.
He entered Trinity College, Cambridge on 26 August 1861 and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (1865). Later graduating with a Master of Laws (1885) and Doctor of Divinity (1889).
His early education was at Bury Street Edmunds Grammar School, Suffolk. He was admitted to the Inner Temple on 5 May 1864. He was ordained a deacon in 1866 and began his as a curate at Calne, Wiltshire (1866–1869), during which time he was ordained a priest in 1867.
He moved to Scotland where served as a curate at All Saints, Edinburgh (1869–1876).
His next pastoral appointment was a curate at Ballachulish, with charge of Nether Lochaber (1876–1879). Afterwards, becoming the incumbent at Ballachulish (with Glencoe) (1879–1885), and Incumbent at Nether Lochaber (1879–1895).
He also became Dean of the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles (1881–1883). He also served as Provost of Cumbrae (1886–1891).
Bishop Chinnery-Haldane died in office at Nether Lochaber on 16 February 1906, aged 63.