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Alexander Penrose
Forbes (16
June 1817 – 8 October 1875), was a Scottish Episcopalian divine, born at
Edinburgh. A leading cleric in the Scottish Episcopal Church, he was Bishop of
Brechin from 1847 until his death in 1875. He was the second son of John Hay Forbes, Lord Medwyn, a judge of
the court of session, and grandson of Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet
of Pitsligo. He studied first at the Edinburgh
Academy, then for two years under the Rev. Thomas
Dale, the poet, in Kent, passed one session at Glasgow University in 1831 and, having chosen
the career of the Indian Civil Service,
completed his studies with distinction at the East India Company College. In 1836 he
went to Madras and secured early promotion, but in consequence of ill health he
was obliged to return to England. In 1840, he entered Brasenose College, Oxford, where in 1841,
he obtained the Boden Sanskrit scholarship. He graduated
with a B.A. in 1844. He was at Oxford during the early years of the movement
known as Tractarianism, and was powerfully influenced by
association with John Henry Newman, Edward Bouverie Pusey and John Keble.
This led him to resign his Indian appointment. In 1844 he was ordained deacon
and priest in the Church of England, and held curacies at Aston Rowant
and St Thomas's, Oxford; but
being naturally attracted to the Episcopal Church of his native land, then
recovering from long depression, he removed in 1846 to Stonehaven,
the chief town of Kincardineshire. The same year, however, he was appointed to
the vicarage of St Saviour Church, Richmond Hill,
Leeds, a church founded to preach and illustrate Tractarian
principles. On 28 October 1847 Forbes was consecrated to succeed
Bishop Moir in the see of Brechin. He removed
the episcopal residence to Dundee, where he resided till his death, combining
the pastoral charge of the congregation with the duties of the see. When he
came to Dundee the churchmen were accustomed owing to their small numbers to
worship in a room over a bank. Through his energy several churches were built,
and among them the pro-cathedral of St Paul's. He was prosecuted in
the church courts for heresy, the accusation being founded on his primary charge,
delivered and published in 1857, in which he set forth his views on the Eucharist.
He made a powerful defence, and was acquitted with a censure and an admonition.
Keble wrote in his defence, and was present at his trial at Edinburgh. Forbes
was a good scholar, a scientific theologian and a devoted worker, and was much
beloved. He died at Dundee on 8 October 1875. Forbes' younger
brother George Hay Forbes was also a member of the
Episcopalian clergy, patristics scholar and editor. Bishop Forbes'
correspondence is held by Archive Services at the University of Dundee as part of the
Brechin Diocesan Library Manuscripts Collection. This collection includes
correspondence with William Gladstone. St Drostan's
Episcopal Church in Tarfside, Glen Esk was built in 1879 in memory of Bishop Forbes.
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