# Walter Trower > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Walter_Trower > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Walter_Trower.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Trower > Source revision: 1303154129 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Walter John Trower** [FRSE](/source/FRSE) (5 April 1804 – 24 October 1877) was an [Anglican](/source/Anglican) [bishop](/source/Bishop).[1][2] ## Early life He was born on 5 April 1804 in [Hanover Square](/source/Hanover_Square,_Westminster) in [London](/source/London) the son of John Trower and his first wife Jane James, daughter of Sir Walter James 1st Baronet. A younger half-brother was [Charles Francis Trower](/source/Charles_Trower).[3] Around 1819/20 the family moved to [Muntham Court](/source/Muntham_Court) at [Findon, West Sussex](/source/Findon,_West_Sussex). He studied divinity at [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University) graduating BA in 1828 MA in 1829. ## Career In 1829 he became deacon of [Chichester](/source/Chichester), from 1830 to 1832 was curate at [Crowpredy](/source/Crowpredy) and from 1832 was briefly a priest at [Winchester](/source/Winchester) before going to [Petersfield](/source/Petersfield) and in 1834 going to [Milland](/source/Milland) in [Sussex](/source/Sussex). In 1839 he became rector of [Wiston](/source/Wiston,_West_Sussex) in [Sussex](/source/Sussex).[4] Trower was [Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway](/source/Bishop_of_Glasgow_and_Galloway)[5] from 1848 to 1859.[6] Elected by eight votes to seven, he was the first English cleric appointed to a Scottish bishopric who had not previously ministered in Scotland and therefore did not understand the traditions of the [Scottish Episcopal Church](/source/Scottish_Episcopal_Church). He condemned everything that seemed consistent with ritualistic developments of the [Oxford Movement](/source/Oxford_Movement) and publicly opposed the eucharistic teaching of Bishop [Alexander Forbes](/source/Alexander_Forbes_(bishop_of_Brechin)) of Brechin. For half of his time as bishop he was not resident in the diocese.[7] After a short period as [sub-dean](/source/Dean_(religion)) of [Exeter Cathedral](/source/Exeter_Cathedral),[8] he was the [Bishop of Gibraltar](/source/Bishop_of_Gibraltar_in_Europe) from 1863 to 1868.[9] He lived at the Bishop's Palace in [Valletta](/source/Valletta) on the island of [Malta](/source/Malta).[10] He gained some notoriety during the election of [Frederick Temple](/source/Frederick_Temple) as Bishop of Exeter when, on behalf of clergy who disapproved Temple's role as a contributor to the controversial *[Essays and Reviews](/source/Essays_and_Reviews)*, he instructed counsel to oppose the confirmation of the nomination which took place at St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, in December 1869. The opposition was unsuccessful. Temple went on to become Archbishop of Canterbury in 1896.[11] He died aged 73 on 24 October 1877.[12] A noted artist[13] and author, two of his books have been republished in recent years.[14] ## Family In 1829 he was married to his childhood sweetheart [Elizabeth Goring](/source/Goring_baronets) of [Wiston House](/source/Wiston_House) (1799-1876).[15] They had three daughters: Jane, Frances and Mary.[16] ## Publications - *Exposition of the Gospels and Epistles* (1840) - *Similitudes of Holy Scripture* (1848) ## Known art works - *General View of the Alhambra* (1865)[17] ## References 1. [thePeerage.com](http://thepeerage.com/p5201.htm#i52007) 1. [National Archives](http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=182-wiston_1-1_2&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1) 1. J Foster, Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886 (Parker and Co, Oxford, 1888) Vol 4, p 1442. 1. [*Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002*](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from [the original](https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2018. 1. "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D. M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8 1. [St Mary's Heritage Project](http://www.thecathedral.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sermon-003.pdf) 1. F Goldie, *A Short History of the Episcopal Church in Scotland from the Restoration to the Present Time* (SPCK, London, 1951) p. 116. 1. ["Perth Cathedral website"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120301202058/http://www.perthcathedral.co.uk/book.php). Archived from [the original](http://www.perthcathedral.co.uk/book.php) on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2009. 1. [Consecration details Project Canterbury](http://anglicanhistory.org/scotland/reden/trower_consecration1848.html) 1. ["Walter Gibraltar: From Sussex to the Bishop's Palace, Malta – Sussex History Talks & Walks"](https://sussexhistorytalks.co.uk/walter-gibraltar-from-sussex-to-the-bishops-palace-malta/) 1. C H Dant, Archbishop Temple: The Apostle of Temperance (Walter Scott Publishing Co, 1903) p 65. 1. "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries", *[Daily News](/source/Daily_News_(UK))* (London, England), 29 October 1877. 1. [Tate Collections](http://213.121.208.204/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=2540&page=1&sole=y&collab=y&attr=y&sort=default&tabview=lightbox) 1. "Short Comments for Use in Family Worship, on Seventy-five Passages" ISBN 978-1-103-61427-1 and "Similitudes Used In Holy Scripture" ISBN 978-1-4370-4164-4 1. ["Walter John Trower, Bishop of Glasgow"](https://www.geni.com/people/Walter-Trower-Bishop-of-Glasgow/6000000042828686938) 1. ["Walter Gibraltar: From Sussex to the Bishop's Palace, Malta – Sussex History Talks & Walks"](https://sussexhistorytalks.co.uk/walter-gibraltar-from-sussex-to-the-bishops-palace-malta/) 1. ["'General View of the Alhambra', Walter John Trower, Bishop of Gibraltar, 1865"](https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/trower-general-view-of-the-alhambra-t08525) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Walter Trower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Trower) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Trower?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.