Stuart Alexander Donaldson


Stuart Alexander Donaldson was a schoolmaster, clergyman and Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Life

Donaldson was born in Sydney, the second oldest son of Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson, the first Premier of the Colony of New South Wales.
After education at Eton College Donaldson went to Trinity College, Cambridge as a scholar in 1873, graduating with first class honours in Classics in 1877. From 1878 to 1904 he served as a master at Eton, during this time being ordained as deacon in 1884 and priest in 1885. While a schoolmaster he published, with Edward Lyttelton, Pontes, a book of elementary Latin exercises.
In 1904 he was elected as the Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, a position he held until his death in 1915, and was awarded the degrees of Bachelor of Divinity in 1905 and Doctor of Divinity in 1910. He served as List of Vice-Chancellors of the [University of Cambridge|Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge] from 1912 to 1913.
Donaldson married Lady Albinia Frederica Hobart-Hampden, granddaughter of Augustus Edward Hobart-Hampden, the 6th Earl of Buckinghamshire in 1900.

Publications

Pontes. Elementary Latin Exercises, 1884Science and Faith, 1890The Obligation of the Church to Foreign Mission Work generally among Non-Christian Peoples,, 1908