MACARTHUR, JAMES: Church of England, bishop of Southampton; b. at Dawsholme, Dumbartonshire, June 6, 1848. He was educated at the University of Glasgow (M.A., 1868), and after being called to the Scottish Bar in 1871 and to the Inner Temple in 1874, entered Cuddesdon Theological College, where he studied in 1877-78, being ordered deacon in 1878 and ordained priest in the following year. He was successively curate of St. Mary's, Redcliff, Bristol, in 1878-80, rector of Lamplugh, Cumberland, in 1880-87, and vicar of St. Mary's, Tothill Fields, Westminster, in 1887-92 and of All Saints', South Acton, Middlesex, in 1892-1893. He was also rural dean of Ealing in 1894-1898, and in the latter year was consecrated bishop of Bombay, a diocese which he retained until 1903. He was acting metropolitan of India in 1902, and in the following year was translated to his present see of Southampton (suffragan to the bishop of Winchester). In addition to charges, addresses, and sermons, he has written Christianity and Indian Nationality (London, 1903).
MACARTHUR, ROBERT STUART: Baptist; b. at Dalesville, P. Q., July 31, 1841. He was educated at the University of Rochester (A.B., 1867)
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