Background
Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, the son of the Reverend Hibbert Binney and Henrietta Amelia Stout, Hibbert Binney Senior was the rector of Street George’s Church in Sydney.
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Education
Worcester College; King"s College London.
Career
He was the fourth Bishop of Nova Scotia from 1851 to 1887. In 1823, Binney Senior returned to England with his family to become rector of Newbury, Berkshire. Binney Junior. was educated at King"s College London, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Worcester College, Oxford in 1842.
He was ordained deacon by the Bishop of Oxford Richard Bagot in 1842 and was appointed a fellow of Worcester College.
In 1844, he received his Master of Arts and was appointed tutor in 1846. In 1848, he became bursar of Worcester College.
In 1851, Binney was named Bishop of Nova Scotia and was consecrated in London by Archbishop John Bird Sumner of Canterbury and assisted by Bishops Blomfield of London, Wilberforce of Oxford, and Gilbert of Chichester.
