Collinson Sawyer
William Collinson Sawyer | |
|---|---|
 William Collinson Sawyer | |
| Title | Bishop of Grafton and Armidale |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 30 August 1831 |
| Died | 15 March 1868 (aged 36) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Anglican |
| Consecration | 2 February 1867 |
| Senior posting | |
William Collinson Sawyer[1] (1831 – 15 March 1868) was a colonial Anglican bishop in the third quarter of the nineteenth century.
Education
[edit]He was born in 1831 and educated at Abingdon School, from 1845 to 1850 [2] and Oriel College, Oxford.[3]
Career
[edit]After some years as the Vicar of Tunbridge Wells,[4] he was appointed the inaugural Bishop of Grafton and Armidale in Australia [5] on 30 January 1867 and consecrated to the episcopate at Canterbury Cathedral on the Feast of the Purification (2 February 1867), by Charles Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury.[6] Around three months over taking charge of the diocese, he died by drowning[7] when his boat was upset[8] in the Clarence River on Sunday 15 March 1868.[9]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ British History on-lione
- ^ "Register". Abingdon School.
- ^ National Archives
- ^ ”The Letters of Charles Dickens, Vol XI” Brown, MHouse, M/Storey, G/Tillotson, K: Oxford Clarendon, 1982 ISBN 0-19-812295-0
- ^ Grafton Cathedral web-site
- ^ "Church news: Consecration of three colonial prelates". Church Times. No. 210. 9 February 1867. p. 49. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 23 December 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ State Library of NSW
- ^ Illustrated London News, 1868
- ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. p. 404 – via Wikisource.
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