Fonds MG 1, vol. 1492 - Robert Fitzgerald Uniacke fonds

Robert Fitzgerald Uniacke, evangelican clergyman of the Church of England, was baptized 24 December 1797 in Halifax, N.S., the fourth son of Attorney General Richard John Uniacke and Martha Mary (Delesdernier) Uniacke. He received a BA from Kings College, Windsor, and articled at his father's law office in Halifax until he decided to enter holy orders. He was ordained in England as deacon on 2 June 1822 and priest on 23 March 1823. In April 1823, he received an MA from Kings College, Windsor. In England, Uniacke served as a curate in the diocese of Chichester at Fishbourne, 1822-1824, and officiated at Mid Lavant. He returned to Nova Scotia in 1825 as a missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and served as rector of St. George's Church in Halifax until his death. Under Uniacke's direction, three new churches were built in his parish and charity schools opened for poor children of all denominations. He was also largely responsible for establishing a church at Lakeland in Hants County, near Mount Uniacke. He inherited his father's country estate, Mount Uniacke, in 1835. Uniacke died at Halifax on 1 June 1870. He and his wife, Elizabeth Gould (Francklin), married 1830, had no children.