ORMSBY, George Albert was born on September 16, 1843 in Dublin. Son of late Right Honourable Henry Orrnsby, Chancery Judge of High Court of Justice in Ireland, and Julia, daughter of late Henry Hamilton, Tullylish House, Company Down, Ireland.
Studied at Trinity College, Dublin. Bachelor of Arts 1865. Divinity testimonium, 1st Class, 1866.
Prizeman in Hebrew, Syriac, and Chaldee, 1864-1866. Master of Arts 1868; Bachelor of Divinity and Doctor of Divinity Jure Dignitatis, 1893. Ad eundem, Durham Master of Arts 1877.
Doctor of Divinity.
Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute, 1895. Sub-pretate of the Order of St. John cf Jerusalem in England, 1903. Curate of Eglingham, Northumberland, 1866-1869, Rector of Jarrow, 1869-1875.
Of Rainton, 1875-1885. Vicar of St. Stephen’s, Walworth, London, 1885-1893. Chaplain to the Duke of Manchester, 1869-1891.
Lecturer in St. Swithin’s, London Stone, 1890-1893. Organising secretary for Church of England Temperance Society diocese of Rochester, 1889-1893. Bishop of Honduras and Central America, 1893-1907.
President of the Young Men’s Christian Association, Paris Branch, since 1909. Chaplain of British Embassy Church, Paris, since 1907.
Clubs: National; British, Paris.
