Rennie MacInnes

The Rt Rev Rennie MacInnes (23 July 1870 – 24 December 1931) was a Bishop in the Anglican Church in the first third of the twentieth century.[1]

Biography

MacInnes was educated at Windlesham House School, Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] He was ordained in 1897.[3] After a curacy at St Matthew's, Bayswater, he spent the rest of his career in the Middle East eventually becoming Bishop of Jerusalem.[4][5]

Family

His father was the MP Miles MacInnes and his grandfather was the noted general John MacInnes.[6] His son Angus Campbell MacInnes followed him into Holy Orders, eventually becoming Bishop of Bedford before translation to his former See Jerusalem.

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References
  1. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  2. "MacInnes, Rennie (MNS889R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. Ordinations. Canterbury The Times Wednesday, Dec 22, 1897; pg. 3; Issue 35393; col C
  4. Ecclesiastical NewsConsecration of the New Bishop of Jerusalem The Times Wednesday, Jan 20, 1915; pg. 5; Issue 40756; col C
  5. Wilson, G. Herbert (1937). Windlesham House School: History and Muster Roll 1837–1937. London: McCorquodale & Co. Ltd.
  6. Clan MacInnes

Further reading

Notes for Travellers by road and rail in Palestine and Syria MacInnes, R: London,H.B Skinner & Co, 1926

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
George Francis Popham Blyth		 Bishop of Jerusalem
1915 – 1931		 Succeeded by
George Francis Graham Brown
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