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Innes, Rev George Mignon, MA., Canon and Rector of St.
Paul’s Cathedral, London, Ontario, was born at Weymouth, England, on the
21st January, 1826. He is a son of John Bontet
Innes and Mary Evans, his father being a clergyman of the Episcopal
church. The Inneses are descended from an ancient Scottish military
family, John Bontet lnnes being a cousin of the late Duke of Roxborough.
The Mignons, of which family the Rev. G. M. Innes' paternal grandmother
was a member, were Huguenots, Count Mignon de Chasseau escaping from
France in 1688, concealed in a soap barrel. George Mignon Innes was
educated at Mil--hill Grammar school; passed his examination for the army
at Sandhurst Military college; and received a commission in the army in
1849. His service extended over a period of twelve years in the Royal
Canadian Rifles, and he retired as captain in 1861. He then studied
theology, was ordained deacon at London, in 1862, by the Bishop of Huron;
was ordained priest in the following year, and received the appointment of
incumbent of Christ's church, London. In 1863 he went to Quebec as
assistant minister of the cathedral in that city; but
in 1868 he returned to London as assistant minister of St. Paul’s
cathedral. In 1871 he became canon and rector of the cathedral, and has
since continued to adorn that position by his piety, his learning and his
zeal. His whole enthusiasm is in his parish, and the kindness of his heart
is shown by his tender attention to the sick. He is strictly of the
Evangelical school, and his preaching and reading are made both pleasant
and impressive by his full and musical voice. He has, as one writer justly
remarks, an exceedingly "pointed way of putting things." His congregation,
it need hardly be said, includes some of the leading families in London;
and he has a strong influence for good in every way in his parish. From
Bishop’s College, Lennoxville, Quebec, Canon Innes received his degree of
master of arts. Canon Innes has been twice married, first, in October,
1854, to Elizabeth Anne, only daughter of Col. John Clarke,
of the 76th regiment. She died in 1865, leaving one son and three
daughters. He married again on. the 6th May, 1867, Ann, daughter of Daniel
McCallum, of Quebec. Canon Innes has a very extensive library, and few men
put their books to better. use than he. |
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