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Lady christine eames biography

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Robin Eames

Anglican Primate of All Ireland

Robert Henry Alexander Eames, Baron Eames, (born 27 April 1936) is an Anglican bishop and life peer, who served as Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh from 1986 to 2006.[2]

Early life and education

Eames was born in 1936, the son of a Methodist minister. His early years were spent in Larne, with the family later moving to Belfast. He was educated at the city's Belfast Royal Academy and Methodist College Belfast (from 1947 – 1955)[3] before going on to study at the Queen's University of Belfast, graduating LL.B. (Upper Second Class Honours) in 1960 and earning a Ph.D. degree in ecclesiastical law and history in 1963.[4]

During his undergraduate course at Queen's, one of his philosophy lecturers was his future Roman Catholic counterpart, Cahal Daly.

Ministry

Turning his back on legal studies for ordination in the Church of Ireland, Eames embarked on a three-year course at the divinity school of Trinity College, Dublin in 1960, but found the course "intellectually unsat

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Clare Eames

American actress and stage director (1894–1930)

Clare Eames (August 5, 1894 – November 8, 1930) was an American actress and stage director, and the first wife of playwright Sidney Howard.

Early years

Eames was born August 5, 1894, in Hartford, Connecticut, the daughter of Clare (Hamilton) and Hayden Eames.[1] Her maternal grandfather was Maryland governor and senator William Thomas Hamilton. Her aunt was American soprano Emma Eames.[2]

Eames' family moved to Cleveland, Ohio when she was 11 years old. From there, she went to Paris to live with her aunt and studied drama.[3] She attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.[4]

Career

In 1919, Eames joined the repertory theatre headed by Ethel Barrymore.[5]

After World War I, Eames was considered one of the leading new female lights of the Broadway stage, performing classical roles in plays by Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw.[6] She made her stage debut in 1918.[2] As a virtual unknown on Broadway, she won acclaim fo

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Lady (Christine) Eames is a former world president of the Anglican Mothers’ Union and wife of the former Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All-Ireland, Robin Eames, who is now a crossbench life peer. They have two sons, Niall and Michael, two daughters-in-law and seven grandchildren. Recently she was in conversation with Alf McCreary in the Belfast Telegraph.

Q Can you tell us something about your background?

A I was born in Dublin and grew up in Belfast. My father, Captain Ward Daly, was killed in action in the North African campaign in 1943, during the Second World War. I was only six weeks old, so my mother, Olive, had the sole responsibility for my upbringing. She was an absolutely wonderful mother and I enjoyed a very happy childhood. She was matron of the Forster Green Hospital in Belfast and I learned from her the standards of commitment and responsibility to others.

She had a great and sustaining faith and I always knew the Christian faith and, in particular, the Anglican Church to be an integral part of our lives.

Q What about your education?

A I love

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