Background
OTTAWA, Charles Hamilton was born on January 6, 1834 in Hawkesbury. 4th son of late Lieutenant-Colonel Honourable George Hamilton, Merchant, of Quebec and Hawkesbury.
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Charles Hamilton OTTAWA
Charles Hamilton OTTAWA, British Bishop.
Education
Studied at Montreal High School. University College Oxford (Bachelor of Arts 1856, M.A 1859). Doctor of Divinity; Doctor of Civil Law.
Career
Ordained 1857; Curate of Quebec Cathedral, 1857-1858. Incumbent St. Peter’s, Quebec, 1858-1864. Rector of St. Matthew’s, Quebec, 1864-1885.
Prolocutor of Provincial Synod, 1882-1885. Bishop of Niagara, 1885-1896. Chairman of House of Bishops and Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada—which carries with it the title and rank of Archbishop of his sees. Bishop’s College, Lennoxville, 1885; Trinity College, Toronto, Canada, 1885.
Connections
- Father:
- Lieutenant-Colonel Honourable George Hamilton
- Mother:
- Hawkesbury
