He was a lieutenant colonel on the staff of the Governor of Pennsylvania, a member of the committee of public safety of Pennsylvania during World War I, president of the Serbian Relief Fund of the United States, honorary vice president of the American Peace Society, and a member of the advisory committee of the National Probation Association.

[4] Bishop Darlington married, July 26, 1886, in the Cathedral of the Incarnation, at Garden City, Long Island, New York, Ella Louise Bearns, daughter of James Sterling Bearns, president of the Kings County Bank, Brooklyn...the Bishop and his wife were popular in the social life of the city and diocese, and were noted for their hospitality, their winter home, at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, being the scene of many functions.

Their villa at Newport, "The Corners," was one of the handsomest at that famous resort, and a number of bishops and other leading church men were entertained there in the height of the season.

[10] As noted in his obituary, "The varied character of Bishop Darlington's interests was seen on the occasion of his seventy-fourth birthday, June 9, 1930, when he received congratulatory messages from President Hoover; the Rt.

His wife Ella was an active supporter of women's rights, Founder and President of the Working Women's Vacation Society of Brooklyn, and author of Mission Study Classes of the American Church[11] Mrs. Darlington came from a wealthy Pittsburgh oil family, and her resources allowed the Darlingtons to live and entertain lavishly both in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Newport, Rhode Island.

The young son of Bishop Darlington's immediate successor recalled living in the "diocesan palace:" At Bishopscourt, I remember measuring the distance from the front door to the end of the laundry room—one hundred and twenty feet.

The front parlor was furnished with Persians, uncomfortable cherry wood Victorian furniture, pictures of sailing ships mounted in gilt frames, and an ebony Steinway.

It seated at least a hundred people, with a low platform at one end and a balcony at the other...The hall was perfect for roller skating—that is, until I was caught ruining the wooden floor.