James Bandinel

James Bandinel (19 May 1814 – 1892) was a British clergyman, author and poet.

He was born on 19 May 1814, only son of James Bandinel of the Foreign Office and his wife, Marian Eliza, née Hunter.

Career Synopsis Years Post Location 1842–1843 Curate Leith, Midlothian, Scotland 1843–1844 Curate Woolpit, Suffolk 1844–1845 Curate Belstead, Suffolk 1847–1856 Curate Marshwood, Dorset 1849–1851 Curate Didcot, Oxfordshire 1851–1853 Chaplain St Michael's School, Hove, Sussex 1854–1856 Curate Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire 1856–1862 Perpetual Curate Cogges, Oxfordshire 1862–1881 Rector Emley, Yorkshire

Publications Bandinel's literary work met mixed criticism in the press. The Athenaeum Journal speaks of "the harpings of the Rev. James Bandinel" and the Literary Churchman describes his "long and laboured discourse", while the Church of England Quarterly Review notes that his poem entitled "Lufra" was "highly interesting" and its treatment "exceedingly artistic".

Date Title Publisher 1850–1851 The Rose Queen (Ainsworth's Magazine) 1851 Idolatrous Apostasy, a sermon Oxford: J H Parker 1851 Lufra; or, The convent of Algarve, a poem London: F & J Rivington 1852 Milton Davenant, a tale London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. 1853 Sermons devotional and practical preached to country congregations Brighton: H S King 1858 "Remember!" The Teaching of the English Church in the matter of the Sabbath declared and vindicated, a sermon Oxford & London: J H & J Parker 1860 Gnomon of the New Testament (transl., 3rd ed.) (Edinburgh: T & T Clark) 1862 The star of Lovell, a tale London: Saunders, Otley & Co. 1868 Organic reform of Convocation, an essay (3rd ed.) Dewsbury: J Ward 1872 Report of proceedings at a meeting of churchmen in favour of a reform of Convocation (Editor) Oxford & London 1877 The Lay House: A paper prepared for the... Association for the Reform of Convocation London: Bemrose & Sons 1888 Our Anglican position & what it involves London & Oxford: Parker & Co.

Family Bandinel married, on 28 January 1845, his first cousin, Julia, daughter of Rev. Thomas Le Mesurier. Their children were:

James Julius Frederick Bandinel (1845–1912)Thomas Ranulph Bandinel (1847–1848)Richard Bulkeley Bandinel (1849–1912)David Guido Bandinel (1851-1851)Robert Alexander Bandinel (1852–1853)Margaret Anne Bandinel (1856–1859)Julia Marian Bandinel (1859–1950)

He died 31 December 1892 in Exmouth aged 78.