Eric Knightley Chetwode Hamilton NPG details (189021 May 1962) was an Anglican bishop. 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 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 and ordained priests on 20 December 1914; both times by Arthur Winnington-Ingram, Bishop of London, at St Paul's Cathedral. 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. 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 churchNational 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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