Alexander Hamilton (bishop)

Alexander Kenneth Hamilton (11 May 1915 – 22 December 2001)[1] was an eminent Anglican clergyman during the second half of the 20th century.

[4] His first post was as a Curate in Birstall, Leicestershire,[5] after which he was a Chaplain in the RNVR.

When peace returned he was Vicar of St Francis, Ashton Gate.

[6] Appointed Rural Dean of Central Newcastle in 1962, when Vicar of the Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Grainger Street, he became Bishop of Jarrow, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Durham, three years later.

[7] He was ordained (consecrated) a bishop by Donald Coggan, Archbishop of York, on St Matthias' day (24 February) 1965.