'George Anthony Denison' (
11 December 1805 -
21 March 1896) was an
English churchman.
Brother of politician
John Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington, he was born at
Ossington,
Nottinghamshire, and educated at
Eton and
Christ Church, Oxford. In 1828 he was elected fellow of
Oriel; and after a few years there as a tutor, during which he was ordained and acted as curate at
Cuddesdon, he became rector of
Broadwindsor,
Dorset (
1838). He became a
prebendary of
Sarum in
1841 and of
Wells in
1849. In
1851 he was preferred to the valuable living of
East Brent,
Somerset, and in the same year was made
Archdeacon of
Taunton.
For many years Archdeacon Denison represented the extreme
High Tory party not only in politics but in the Church, regarding all progressive movements in education or theology as abomination, and vehemently repudiating the
higher criticism from the days of ''
Essays and Reviews'' (
1860) to those of ''
Lux Mundi'' (
1890). In
1853 he resigned his position as examining chaplain to the
bishop of Bath and Wells owing to his pronounced
eucharistic views. A suit on the complaint of a neighboring
clergyman ensued and after various complications Denison was condemned by the archbishops court at
Bath (
1856); but on appeal the
Court of Arches and the
privy council quashed this judgment on a technical plea.
The result was to make Denison a keen champion of the
ritualistic school. He edited ''
The Church and State Review'' (
1862-
1865). Secular state education and the
conscience clause were anathema to him. Until the end of his life he remained a protagonist in theological controversy and a keen fighter against
latitudinarianism and
liberalism; but the sharpest religious or political differences never broke his personal friendships and his Christian charity. Among other things for which he will be remembered was his origination of
harvest festivals.
References
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External links
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Project Canterbury: George Anthony Denison
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"Ritualism" and The Real Presence by G.A. Denison
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