Eric Hamilton (bishop)
{{Short description|British bishop}}
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| name = Eric Hamilton
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| title = Dean of Windsor
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| diocese = Royal peculiar
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| term = 1944{{snd}}1962
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| predecessor = Albert Baillie
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| successor = Robin Woods
| other_post = {{unbulleted list|Bishop of Shrewsbury {{nowrap|(1940–1944)}}}}
| ordination = 1913 (deacon); 1914 (priest)
| ordained_by = Arthur Winnington-Ingram
| consecration = 1940
| consecrated_by = Cosmo Lang
| birth_name = Eric Knightley Chetwode Hamilton
| birth_date = 1890
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| alma_mater = University College, Oxford
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Eric Knightley Chetwode Hamilton {{post-nominals|KCVO}}[http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp76204 NPG details] (1890{{snd}}21 May 1962) was an Anglican bishop.{{cite magazine |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,938405,00.html |title=Milestones: Jun. 1, 1962 |work=Time |date=1 June 1962}} He served as Bishop of Shrewsbury, a suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Lichfield (1940 to 1944), and was then Dean of Windsor from 1944 until his death.
Biography
He was born in 1890 and educated at Bradfield School and University College, Oxford.Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}} He was the youngest of the four adult sons of Charles Hamilton, sometime rector of Broome, Worcestershire.Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Irish Family Records. (London, UK: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1976) p. 551
Hamilton was ordained both times alongside his brother, Crewe (later a canon of St Albans): they were made deacons on the Feast of St Thomas (21 December) 1913{{Church Times | title = The Advent Ordinations | archive = 1913_12_24_896 | issue = 2657 | date = 24 December 1913 | page = 896 | accessed = 6 March 2021 }} and ordained priests on 20 December 1914; both times by Arthur Winnington-Ingram, Bishop of London, at St Paul's Cathedral.{{Church Times | title = Advent Ordinations | archive = 1914_12_24_667 | issue = 2709 | date = 24 December 1914 | page = 667 | accessed = 6 March 2021 }} He was later priest in charge of St John's, Knightsbridge, vicar of St Nicholas Church, Chiswick and then of St Paul's, Knightsbridge before being appointed Bishop suffragan of Shrewsbury in 1940."Bishop Suffragan Of Shrewsbury Consecration At The Abbey". The Times. 26 January 1940; p. 5. He was consecrated a bishop on the feast of the Conversion of Paul (25 January) 1940, by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.{{Church Times | title = A gift to the Bishop of Shrewsbury | archive = 1940_01_26_073 | issue = 4018 | date = 26 January 1940 | page = 73 | accessed = 6 March 2021 }} Four years later he was appointed Dean of Windsor."Ecclesiastical News Bishop Of Shrewsbury To Be Dean Of Windsor" The Times. 12 June 1944; pg. 6; Issue 49880; col C
A man committed to the worldwide church[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=109-aa_1-1_1-2&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18 National Archives Details] who "took the very greatest and most conscientious of pains".The Times, 22 May 1962; p. 17, "Bishop Eric Hamilton Dean Of Windsor" He died in office as Dean of Windsor on 21 May 1962.
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Category:People educated at Bradfield College
Category:Alumni of University College, Oxford
Category:20th-century Church of England bishops
Category:Anglican bishops of Shrewsbury