** Bearding = to oppose boldly or impertinently 01 April 2014 The deliberately dangerous beard In April 1843, the Right Reverend George Spencer, Lord Bishop of Madras, wrote to the Governor of Madras complaining of the conduct of the Chaplain of Quilon. It had been brought to the Bishop's attention in late 1842 that the Chaplain, the Rev. Robert Wells Whitford had '.been making himself ridiculous and was disgracing the Office of a Clergyman of the Church of England by wearing a long beard and moustaches in consequence as I was given to understand of some vow whereby his people were greatly scandalised.' The Bishop wrote repeatedly to the Chaplain admonishing him over his facial hair, but was ignored. This slight to the Bishop's authority would ignite a fascinating row between the two, the papers of which are in a collection of correspondence in the India Office Records on the general question of the right of Bishops in India to nominate Chaplains. (snip) http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2014/04/the-deliberately-dangerous-beard.html ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

The Bearded Wonder........... It seems his beard distracted his Parishioners not his Ecclesiastical work ? Interesting read...... thanks Harsha! Kind Regards Kerry On 7 April 2014 16:09, Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar <bosham@gmail.com>wrote: > > ** Bearding = to oppose boldly or impertinently > > 01 April 2014 > > The deliberately dangerous beard > > In April 1843, the Right Reverend George Spencer, Lord Bishop > of Madras, wrote to the Governor of Madras complaining > of the conduct of the Chaplain of Quilon. I > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >