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George Anthony Denison (11 December 1805 - 21 March 1896) was a Church of England
Church of England

The Church of England is the State religion Christianity Ecclesia in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches....
 priest.

her of politician John Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington
John Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington

John Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington , England statesman, was the eldest son of John Denison of Ossington, Nottinghamshire, where he was born....
, he was born at Ossington
Ossington

Ossington is a village in the county of Nottinghamshire , England 7 miles north of Newark on Trent.It is centred around the site of Ossington Hall, the ancestral home of the Denison family....
, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is an Counties of England in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. The county town is traditionally Nottingham, though the council is now based in West Bridgford, a suburb of Greater Nottingham ....
, and educated at Eton
Eton College

Eton College, also known as Eton, is a world-famous British independent school for boys, founded in 1440 by Henry VI of England. It was founded as the King's College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor....
 and Christ Church, Oxford
Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church , is one of the largest Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in England. As well as being a college, Christ Church is also the cathedral church of the diocese of Oxford, namely Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford....
. In 1828 he was elected fellow of Oriel
Oriel

An oriel window is a type of bay window which projects from a wall.Oriel may also refer to:Places in the United Kingdom:*Oriel College, Oxford...
; and after a few years there as a tutor, during which he was ordained and acted as curate at Cuddesdon
Cuddesdon

Cuddesdon is a pre-Domesday village located in the hundred of Bullingdon , within the county of Oxfordshire in England.The village has a population of approximately 430, with an additional 70 in the orbital hamlets of Denton, Oxfordshire and Chippinghust ....
, he became rector of Broadwindsor
Broadwindsor

Broadwindsor is a village in west Dorset, England, two miles west of Beaminster. The village has a population of 1,218 .Broadwindsor was also formerly a liberty , containing only the parish itself....
, Dorset
Dorset

Dorset , is a Counties of England in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester, Dorset, situated in the south of the county at ....
 (1838). He became a prebendary
Prebendary

A prebendary is a post connected to an Anglicanism or Roman Catholic Church cathedral or collegiate church and is a type of canon . Prebendaries have a role in the administration of the cathedral....
 of Sarum in 1841 and of Wells
Wells

Wells is a small cathedral city and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England, on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills.The name Wells derives from the three Water well dedicated to Saint Andrew, one in the market place and two within the grounds of the Bishop's Palace, Wells and Wells Cathedral....
 in 1849. In 1851 he was preferred to the valuable living of East Brent, Somerset
Somerset

Somerset is a Counties of England in South West England. The county town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county. The Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset borders the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west....
, and in the same year was made Archdeacon
Archdeacon

A position of archdeacon is a senior position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, and in some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop....
 of Taunton
Taunton

Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. The town, including its suburbs, had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. It is the largest town in the non-metropolitan county of Somerset....
.

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
Higher criticism

Historical criticism or higher criticism is a branch of literature analysis that investigates the origins of a text: as applied in biblical studies it naturally investigates foremost the books of the Bible....
 from the days of Essays and Reviews
Essays and Reviews

Essays and Reviews, published in March 1860, is a Broad church volume of seven essays on religion. The topics covered the biblical research of the German critics, the evidences of Christianity, religious thought in England, and the cosmology of Genesis....
 (1860) to those of Lux Mundi
Lux mundi

Lux Mundi is a collection of 12 essays from liberal Anglo-Catholic theologians and edited by the future Bishop of Oxford, Charles Gore, in 1889....
 (1890).






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George Anthony Denison (11 December 1805 - 21 March 1896) was a Church of England
Church of England

The Church of England is the State religion Christianity Ecclesia in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches....
 priest.

Life

Brother of politician John Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington
John Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington

John Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington , England statesman, was the eldest son of John Denison of Ossington, Nottinghamshire, where he was born....
, he was born at Ossington
Ossington

Ossington is a village in the county of Nottinghamshire , England 7 miles north of Newark on Trent.It is centred around the site of Ossington Hall, the ancestral home of the Denison family....
, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is an Counties of England in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. The county town is traditionally Nottingham, though the council is now based in West Bridgford, a suburb of Greater Nottingham ....
, and educated at Eton
Eton College

Eton College, also known as Eton, is a world-famous British independent school for boys, founded in 1440 by Henry VI of England. It was founded as the King's College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor....
 and Christ Church, Oxford
Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church , is one of the largest Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in England. As well as being a college, Christ Church is also the cathedral church of the diocese of Oxford, namely Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford....
. In 1828 he was elected fellow of Oriel
Oriel

An oriel window is a type of bay window which projects from a wall.Oriel may also refer to:Places in the United Kingdom:*Oriel College, Oxford...
; and after a few years there as a tutor, during which he was ordained and acted as curate at Cuddesdon
Cuddesdon

Cuddesdon is a pre-Domesday village located in the hundred of Bullingdon , within the county of Oxfordshire in England.The village has a population of approximately 430, with an additional 70 in the orbital hamlets of Denton, Oxfordshire and Chippinghust ....
, he became rector of Broadwindsor
Broadwindsor

Broadwindsor is a village in west Dorset, England, two miles west of Beaminster. The village has a population of 1,218 .Broadwindsor was also formerly a liberty , containing only the parish itself....
, Dorset
Dorset

Dorset , is a Counties of England in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester, Dorset, situated in the south of the county at ....
 (1838). He became a prebendary
Prebendary

A prebendary is a post connected to an Anglicanism or Roman Catholic Church cathedral or collegiate church and is a type of canon . Prebendaries have a role in the administration of the cathedral....
 of Sarum in 1841 and of Wells
Wells

Wells is a small cathedral city and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England, on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills.The name Wells derives from the three Water well dedicated to Saint Andrew, one in the market place and two within the grounds of the Bishop's Palace, Wells and Wells Cathedral....
 in 1849. In 1851 he was preferred to the valuable living of East Brent, Somerset
Somerset

Somerset is a Counties of England in South West England. The county town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county. The Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset borders the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west....
, and in the same year was made Archdeacon
Archdeacon

A position of archdeacon is a senior position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, and in some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop....
 of Taunton
Taunton

Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. The town, including its suburbs, had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. It is the largest town in the non-metropolitan county of Somerset....
.

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
Higher criticism

Historical criticism or higher criticism is a branch of literature analysis that investigates the origins of a text: as applied in biblical studies it naturally investigates foremost the books of the Bible....
 from the days of Essays and Reviews
Essays and Reviews

Essays and Reviews, published in March 1860, is a Broad church volume of seven essays on religion. The topics covered the biblical research of the German critics, the evidences of Christianity, religious thought in England, and the cosmology of Genesis....
 (1860) to those of Lux Mundi
Lux mundi

Lux Mundi is a collection of 12 essays from liberal Anglo-Catholic theologians and edited by the future Bishop of Oxford, Charles Gore, in 1889....
 (1890). In 1853 he resigned his position as examining chaplain to the bishop of Bath and Wells
Bishop of Bath and Wells

The Bishop of Bath and Wells heads the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Province of Canterbury in England.The present diocese covers the vast majority of the county of Somerset and a small area of Dorset....
 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
Privy council

A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation on how to exercise their Executive , typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchy....
 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
Conscience clause

The conscience clause was an important term in education in England throughout much of 19th century. In this context, it referred to permitting parents of schoolchildren to withdraw them from Church of England worship services or other school activities that violated the parents' religious principles....
 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
Liberalism

Liberalism is a broad class of political philosophy that considers individualism liberty and equality to be the most important political goals....
; 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 the harvest festival
Harvest festival

A harvest festival is an annual celebration which occurs around the time of the main harvest of a given region. Given the differences in climate and crops around the world, harvest festivals can be found at various times throughout the world....
.

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