WHITTINGHAM, William Rollinson, P. E. bishop, born in New York city, 2 December, 1805; died in Orange, New Jersey, 17 October, 1879. He was the son of English parents, His father, while actively engaged in business, found time for scholarly pursuits, while his mother, with a view to her son's education, made herself acquainted with the learned languages, and became so proficient in them that she gave lessons in Hebrew to divinity students. Young Whittingham had no instruction other than that he received at home until he was sent to the General theological seminary, where he was graduated in 1825. After being ordered deacon in 1827 he was assigned to missionary work in the neighborhood of Orange, New Jersey He was ordained priest, 17 December, 1829, when he became rector of St. Mark's in the latter place. In 1831 he accepted the rectorship of St. Luke's, New York city, and remained there until 1855, when, after a voyage to Europe for his health, he was chosen professor of ecclesiastical history in the General theological seminary. This chair he occupied until 1840. In that year, after a spirited contest among the friends of several candidates, he was elected bishop of Maryland, and consecrated on 17 Sept, . in St. Paul's, Baltimore. From his accession the diocese advanced rapidly in all that concerns church improvement, and his personal influence with both clergy and laity was as extraordinary as it was beneficent. Among several charitable and educational institutions that were founded through his efforts were St. James's college, Hagerstown, Maryland" the Church home and infirmary, Baltimore" an order of deaconesses' and the Sisterhood of St. John in Washington. At; the beginning of the civil war Dr. Whittingham's earnest advocacy of the Union cause separated him temporarily from the sympathies of many of his people, but his attitude then enabled him to labor more successfully for the unity of the church when the struggle hail ended. In 1869 the diocese of gaston was set off from that of Maryland, and in 1870 Reverend William Pinkney, D. D., was appointed to relieve Bishop Whittingham of a part of his labors. In 1872 he represented the American church at the Lambeth conference, and subsequently he attended the meeting of Old Catholics at Bonn in a similar capacity. Bishop Whittingham was a pronounced high churchman, although he is understood to have somewhat modified his opinions later in life. His peculiar views engaged him on several occasions in controversies with his clergy on points of church government. Among these were his presentation in 1876 for not bringing to trial the rector of Mount Calvary for reading prayers for the dead, and the earlier contest with Reverend Dr. Joseph Trapnell, of St. Andrew's, concerning the prior right of the bishop to celebrate communion at confirmations. During the war he had occasion to rebuke his clergy severely for omitting from the service the prayer for the president. For many years before his death Dr. Whittingham was an invalid. His last official act was performed on 7 November, 1878. At the time of his consecration he was the youngest of the American bishops: at his death he was the oldest but one, having been thirty-nine years in the episcopal office, He received the degree of S. T. D. from Columbia in 1827. Besides editing the " Family Visitor" and "Children's Magazine," monthly publications, and "The Churchman," issued weekly, he was the editor of "The Parish Library of Standard Works," with an introduction and notes (13 vols., 1828 el seq.) ; Jahn's " Introduction to the Old Testament," with Dr. Samuel H. Turner (1827); William Palmer's "Treatise on the Church of Christ" (2 vols., 1841) ; the "Commonitorium" of Vincent of Larius, being a new translation with notes, etc. (1847) ; and" Ratramm on the Lord's Supper," with a revised translation (1848). He also contributed, with three other clergymen, to " Essays and Dissertations in Biblical Literature" (New York. 1829).