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William Hartley Carnegie

Reverend William Hartley Carnegie (27 February 1859- 18 October 1936) a Canon of Westminster starting in 1912. He was the Sub-Dean of Westminster from 1919 until his death. He was the Rector of St Margaret's, Westminster from 1913 to 1936.

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Biography

William Hartley Carnegie was born on 27 February 1859 in County Dublin, Ireland to Robert Carnegie. He married, Mary, the daughter of Sir Thomas Hyde Crawley-Boevey, 5th Baronet of Flaxley Abbey and Frances Elizabeth Peters, on 15 June 1892. The couple had two children; Kathleen Carnegie and Frances Carnegie. His first wife died in 1901. He married Mary Endicott in 1916. She was the widow of Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914).

He was the Sub-Dean of Westminster from 1919 to his death in 1936.

He died on 18 October 1936. He was interred in Westminster Abbey.

Works

  • Through Conversion to the Creed: Being a Brief Account of the Reasonable Character of Religious Conviction. (1893)
  • Some Principles of Religious Education. (1896)
  • Faith and Reason. Three Addresses. (1904)
  • Churchmanship and Character. (1909)
  • Why and What I Believe in Christianity. (1910)
  • Democracy and Christian Doctrine. (1914)
  • Resentment: Three Sermons. (1916)
  • Democracy and Personal Leadership. (1918)
  • Personal Religion and Politics. (1920)
  • Anglicanism: An Introduction to Its History and Philosophy. (1925)
  • Parliament and the Prayer Book. (1928)
  • References

    William Hartley Carnegie Wikipedia