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William McKerrow

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250:, in 1870. Around this time, he was a member of the Manchester Education Aid Society and in 1870 he was elected to the Manchester school board as an "unsectarian" candidate. He was re-elected in 1873 and 1876. He also established a scholarship to enable board-school children to attend secondary schools, funding it with money given to him at a dinner celebrating his jubilee in the ministry. 212:, became a national body. Other involvements in educational matters included promotion of a model secular school in Jackson's Row, Manchester, and in 1853 he gave evidence on education to a parliamentary committee. He also took part in deputations to parliament. He had been awarded the degree of 83:
in 1866–1867, and later still he had involvement in the 1876 union from which emerged the Presbyterian Church of England. McKerrow acted as moderator of this latter organisation in 1877–1878. In addition to these efforts, he also had a significant role in the move of the Lloyd Street Chapel
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Aside from these church-related organisations. McKerrow was prominent locally in organising a campaign for the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths in 1837. He was also among the seven founders of the
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Sellers says that McKerrow was "moved by a sense of political and social injustice", perhaps inspired by the environs of Lloyd Street Chapel, which occupied a site in a deprived area opposite
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McKerrow did much to bring together the Presbyterian church in Manchester and the surrounding areas. He assisted in the foundation of several new churches and also in the creation of the
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of the Manchester Church Defence Association and in the early years of the same decade he was involved with local relief efforts necessitated by the
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in Manchester. Among his children were the Reverend James Muir McKerrow, who wrote a biography of his father, and John Begg McKerrow, who became an
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William McKerrow was born on 7 September 1803. His parents were William and Elizabeth McKerrow, both of whom were very involved with the
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and in 1826 he was licensed to preach. A year later, in May, he moved to Manchester to take a position in the
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in 1847, which also began in the Lloyd Street Chapel building and in December 1850, with the assistance of
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McKerrow semi-retired from his church work in 1869 and resigned his pastorate in 1871, having moved to
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congregation to new premises on Brunswick Street, from which base it became, according to biographer
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High Calvinists in Action: Calvinism and the City, Manchester and London, C. 1810–1860
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in 1839, which was initially based at Lloyd Street Chapel and went on to support
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During the earlier part of the 1840s, McKerrow campaigned against proposals in
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In 1857, McKerrow stood in for Cobden, who was ill, to lead the unsuccessful
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who had a particular interest in education. He lived for most of his life in
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between 1817 and 1823. In 1821, he had joined the Divinity Hall of the
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presbytery in 1831, as well as in the subsequent establishment of the
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in 1847. Later, in 1863, he was involved in forming the English
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in 1838, all but one of whom were members of his congregation.
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Scottish Presbyterian ministers ordained outside Scotland
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Kent, Allen; Lancour, Harold; Daily, Jay E. (1976).
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19th-century Scottish newspaper publishers (people)
196:Later in the 1840s, McKerrow was involved with the 88:, "one of Manchester's most influential churches." 313: 167:newspaper in 1846, with his colleagues including 108:with whom he had disagreed in the columns of the 258:McKerrow married Anne, daughter of John Begg of 187:which were less favoured by the more mainstream 388:Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science 8: 418:Memoir of William McKerrow, D.D., Manchester 324:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 274:. The Shakespeare scholar and bibliographer 27:, England, where he immersed himself in the 122:United Committee of Manchester Dissenters 391:. Vol. 17. CRC Press. p. 321. 364:. Oxford University Press. p. 189. 321:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 287: 126:Manchester Voluntary Church Association 307: 305: 303: 301: 299: 297: 295: 293: 291: 161:. He was among the co-founders of the 100:. In 1834, following an argument with 79:of that church, of which he served as 460:People educated at Kilmarnock Academy 120:newspapers, McKerrow helped form the 7: 206:Lancashire Public School Association 144:Manchester Anti-Corn Law Association 455:Alumni of the University of Glasgow 204:. He was among the founders of the 14: 57:Lloyd Street Presbyterian chapel 470:19th-century newspaper founders 315:"McKerrow, William (1803–1878)" 104:, an evangelical cleric of the 21:Presbyterian Church of England 1: 416:McKerrow, James Muir (1881). 278:was among his grandchildren. 31:prevalent there at the time. 345:UK public library membership 475:Scottish newspaper founders 155:1843 Factory Education Bill 496: 73:United Presbyterian Church 92:Social and political work 276:Ronald Brunlees McKerrow 218:University of Heidelberg 420:. Hodder and Stoughton. 202:United Kingdom Alliance 53:United Secession Church 41:United Secession Church 450:Clergy from Manchester 445:People from Kilmarnock 330:10.1093/ref:odnb/17609 47:and then attended the 358:Shaw, Ian J. (2002). 312:Sellers, Ian (2004). 185:Manchester Liberalism 157:and also against the 49:University of Glasgow 98:Manchester Town Hall 190:Manchester Guardian 164:Manchester Examiner 233:Liberation Society 225:election campaigns 111:Manchester Courier 45:Kilmarnock Academy 398:978-0-82472-017-9 371:978-0-19925-077-6 343:(Subscription or 177:Alexander Ireland 169:Thomas Ballantyne 135:The Nonconformist 106:Church of England 487: 421: 403: 402: 382: 376: 375: 355: 349: 348: 340: 338: 336: 317: 309: 264:Ardwick cemetery 248:Bowdon, Cheshire 151:Sir James Graham 117:Manchester Times 29:radical politics 17:William McKerrow 495: 494: 490: 489: 488: 486: 485: 484: 425: 424: 415: 412: 410:Further reading 407: 406: 399: 384: 383: 379: 372: 357: 356: 352: 342: 334: 332: 311: 310: 289: 284: 256: 94: 65: 37: 12: 11: 5: 493: 491: 483: 482: 477: 472: 467: 462: 457: 452: 447: 442: 437: 427: 426: 423: 422: 411: 408: 405: 404: 397: 377: 370: 350: 286: 285: 283: 280: 255: 252: 237:James Bardsley 227:of Bright and 210:Richard Cobden 159:Maynooth Grant 93: 90: 64: 61: 36: 33: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 492: 481: 478: 476: 473: 471: 468: 466: 463: 461: 458: 456: 453: 451: 448: 446: 443: 441: 438: 436: 433: 432: 430: 419: 414: 413: 409: 400: 394: 390: 389: 381: 378: 373: 367: 363: 362: 354: 351: 346: 331: 327: 323: 322: 316: 308: 306: 304: 302: 300: 298: 296: 294: 292: 288: 281: 279: 277: 273: 269: 265: 261: 254:Personal life 253: 251: 249: 244: 242: 241:cotton famine 238: 234: 230: 229:Milner Gibson 226: 221: 219: 215: 211: 207: 203: 199: 198:Peace Society 194: 192: 191: 186: 182: 181:Edward Watkin 178: 174: 170: 166: 165: 160: 156: 152: 147: 145: 139: 137: 136: 131: 127: 123: 119: 118: 113: 112: 107: 103: 99: 91: 89: 87: 82: 78: 74: 70: 62: 60: 58: 54: 50: 46: 42: 34: 32: 30: 26: 22: 18: 417: 387: 380: 360: 353: 333:. Retrieved 319: 257: 245: 222: 195: 188: 162: 148: 140: 133: 130:Edward Miall 115: 109: 102:Hugh Stowell 95: 66: 38: 16: 15: 440:1878 deaths 435:1803 births 173:John Bright 138:newspaper. 86:Ian Sellers 63:Church work 429:Categories 347:required.) 335:6 February 282:References 69:Lancashire 35:Early life 25:Manchester 220:in 1851. 81:moderator 268:alderman 260:Rusholme 200:and the 272:Salford 216:by the 395:  368:  341: 179:, and 77:synod 393:ISBN 366:ISBN 337:2018 214:D.D. 132:and 114:and 326:doi 270:of 153:'s 431:: 318:. 290:^ 243:. 193:. 175:, 171:, 401:. 374:. 339:. 328::

Index

Presbyterian Church of England
Manchester
radical politics
United Secession Church
Kilmarnock Academy
University of Glasgow
United Secession Church
Lloyd Street Presbyterian chapel
Lancashire
United Presbyterian Church
synod
moderator
Ian Sellers
Manchester Town Hall
Hugh Stowell
Church of England
Manchester Courier
Manchester Times
United Committee of Manchester Dissenters
Manchester Voluntary Church Association
Edward Miall
The Nonconformist
Manchester Anti-Corn Law Association
Sir James Graham
1843 Factory Education Bill
Maynooth Grant
Manchester Examiner
Thomas Ballantyne
John Bright
Alexander Ireland

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