Gloucester Theological College

Gloucester Theological College was an Anglican theological college for the Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol in Gloucestershire, England.

History

The college was established in 1868 by Charles Ellicott, Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. It closed in 1897, the year that the Diocese of Gloucester was separated from the Diocese of Bristol.
The college was an affiliated college of Durham University. The college had an academic hood of a full shape black stuff with the cape edged with puce-coloured satin.

Notable staff

Edward Scobell, who was a lecturer at the college from 1877 to 1881.
Donald Spence Jones, Principal, 1875–77.

Notable alumni

Alfred Alston, hymnwriter.