Alexander Hamilton

Who was Alexander Hamilton?

Alexander Kenneth Hamilton was an eminent Anglican clergyman during the second half of the 20th century.

Educated at Malvern and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1940. His first post was as a Curate in Birstall, Leicestershire, after which he was a Chaplain in the RNVR. When peace returned he was Vicar of St Francis, Ashton Gate. Appointed Rural Dean of Central Newcastle in 1962, when Vicar of the Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Grainger Street, he became Bishop of Jarrow three years later.