Stuart Alexander Donaldson (born 4 December 1854 in Sydney

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, Australia, died 29 October 1915) was a schoolmaster, clergyman and Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge

Magdalene College, Cambridge

Magdalene College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary Magdalene...

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Life

Donaldson was born in Sydney, the oldest son of Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson

Stuart Donaldson

Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson was the first Premier of the Colony of New South Wales.-Early life:Donaldson was born in London, England. He entered his father's firm at the age of 15 and was sent first to Mexico , for business training, and then to Sydney, where he arrived in 1835...

, the first Premier

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 of the Colony of New South Wales

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After education at Eton College

Eton College

Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....

 Donaldson went up to Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...

 as a scholar in 1873, graduating with first class honours in Classics

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 in 1877. From 1878 to 1904 he served as a master at Eton, during this time being ordained as deacon

Deacon

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 in 1884 and priest

Priest

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 in 1885. While a schoolmaster he published, with Edward Lyttelton

Edward Lyttelton

Rev. Hon. Edward Lyttelton was an English sportsman, schoolmaster and clergyman. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Middlesex as well as representing the England national football team.-Life:...

, Pontes, a book of elementary Latin exercises.

In 1904 he was elected as the Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge

Magdalene College, Cambridge

Magdalene College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary Magdalene...

, a position he held until his death in 1915, and was awarded the degrees of Bachelor of Divinity

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 in 1905 and Doctor of Divinity

Doctor of Divinity

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 in 1910. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1912-13.

Donaldson married Lady Albinia Frederica Hobart-Hampden, grand-daughter of Augustus Edward Hobart-Hampden, the 6th Earl of Buckinghamshire

Earl of Buckinghamshire

Earl of Buckinghamshire is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1746 for John Hobart, 1st Baron Hobart. The Hobart family descends from Henry Hobart, who served as Attorney General and Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. In 1611 he was created a Baronet, of Intwood in the...

in 1900. .

Publications

• Pontes. Elementary Latin Exercises (with E. Lyttelton), 1884
• Science and Faith, 1890
• The Obligation of the Church to Foreign Mission Work generally among Non-Christian Peoples, (Pan-Anglican Papers), 1908
• Church Life and Thought in North Africa, A.D. 200, Cambridge University Press, 1909