Arthur Maclean

Arthur John MacLean (6 July 1858 – 24 February 1943) was an Anglican bishop in the later decades of the 19th century and first four of the 20th century.[1]

The Most Reverend Arthur Maclean D.D.
Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
Church	Scottish Episcopal Church
Diocese	Moray, Ross and Caithness
Appointed	1904
In office	1904-1943
Predecessor	James Kelly
Successor	Peter Wilson
Other posts	Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1935–1943)
Orders
Ordination	June 1883
Consecration	21 December 1904 by George Wilkinson
Personal details
Born	(1858-07-06)6 July 1858 Bath, Somerset, England
Died	24 February 1943(1943-02-24) (aged 84) Inverness, Scotland
Buried	Tomnahurich Cemetery
Nationality	English
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	A. J. Macleane & Sarah Hutchings
Spouse	Eva Maclean

Maclean was born into an ecclesiastical family. His father, the Rev Arthur J. Macleane (he later dropped the final "e" from the surname), began a career in the East India Company before returning to England, obtaining a degree Trinity College Cambridge, being ordained and securing appointment as inaugural Principal of Brighton College (1846–51). He held two subsequent headships and was editor of various Classical texts, especially Horace and Juvenal.[2]

Maclean was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge.[3][4] He was ordained in 1882 and he was head of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Assyrian Mission from 1886 to 1891 and then Rector of Portree. In 1882 he became Dean of Argyll and The Isles[5] and after this was Rector of Selkirk before a spell as Principal of the Scottish Episcopal Theological College and then a nearly 40 years episcopacy as Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness. Late in his life he was additionally elected Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church. An eminent author, he died on 24 February 1943.[6]

Writings

• Grammar of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac, 1895
• Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac, 1901
• The Ancient Church Orders, 1910
• The Didache, 1922

References

1. Arthur John Maclean, bishop of Moray, Primus, Snow, W. G. S.; Edinburgh,William Blackwood and Sons (1950).
2. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7; Martin D. W. Jones, "Brighton College 1845 - 1995" (Phillimore, 1995), pp. 27, 40 ISBN 0-85033-978-2
3. "Maclean, Arthur John (MLN876AJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
4. The Times, 16 December 1880; pg. 10; Issue 30066; col G University Intelligence
5. ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
6. Obituary The Most Rev A.J. MacLean, The Times, 26 February 1943; pg. 7; Issue 49480; col E

Sources

• J.F.Coakley. The Church of the East and the Church of England:a history of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Assyrian Mission, Oxford, 1992.

Religious titles
Preceded by Reginald John Mapleton	Dean of Argyll and The Isles 1892 – 1897	Succeeded by Charles Pressley Smith
Preceded by James Butler Knill Kelly	Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness 1904 – 1943	Succeeded by Piers Holt Wilson
Preceded by Walter Robberds	Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church 1935–1943	Succeeded by Ernest Danson