Daniel Fox Sandford was the Bishop

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 of Tasmania from 1883 until 1889. Educated at Glasgow University

University of Glasgow

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 and ordained in 1854 he was Chaplain

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 to the Bishop of Edinburgh

Bishop of Edinburgh

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, during which time he was elected a Fellow

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 of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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. Subsequently a vicar

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, then canon

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 within the area he was elevated to the Colonial

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 Episcopate in 1883. Returning to England

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 six years later he became Rector

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 of Boldon and Coadjutor to the Bishop of Durham

His brother was Francis, Baron Sandford

Baron Sandford

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 and their father was Sir Daniel Sandford, himself a son of Daniel Sandford

Daniel Sandford (bishop of Edinburgh)

The Rt Revd Daniel Sandford was Bishop of Edinburgh from 1806 until 1830.He was born in 1766 at Delville, near Dublin, Ireland, the son of Reverend Daniel Sandford and Sarah Chapone.He married Helen Frances Catherine Douglas, on 11 October 1790...

, the Bishop of Edinburgh from 1806-1830.