John Walmsley (bishop)
John Walmsley (14 October 1867, in Hereford – 9 December 1922, in Freetown)[1] was an English Anglican missionary bishop for the Anglican Diocese of Sierra Leone in the early twentieth century, from 1910 to his death in 1922.[2]
Walmsley was the son of George Walmsley, of Hereford. He was educated in Hereford, and at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he was Somerset Scholar, and Senior Hall Greek Testament Prizeman.[3][4] He was made deacon in 1890, and ordained priest in the Church of England by the Bishop of Exeter in 1891.[5] After a curacy at Stokenham he was Vice-Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford from 1894 to 1898.[6][7] He held incumbencies at St Giles, Normanton-by-Derby and St Ann, Nottingham.[8]
Walmsley served as Bishop of Sierra Leone from 1910 until his death of Blackwater fever, in a nursing home in Freetown in 1922.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ 'Deaths' The Times Wednesday, Dec. 13, 1922 Issue 43213 p.1
- ^ Project Canterbury
- ^ "Death of the Bishop of Sierra Leone," Gloucester Citizen (11 December 1922), p. 4.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1891). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: James Parker – via Wikisource.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p1485: London; Horace Cox; 1908
- ^ Derby Daily Telegraph (Thursday, 3 February 1898), p. 2.
- ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1370.
- ^ "Walmsley, John". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 15 December 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Death of the Bishop of Sierra Leone," Gloucester Citizen (11 December 1922), p. 4.
- ^ "Bishop Walmsley, 1910-1922". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
External links
[edit]- Anglican History website John Walmsley Ninth Bishop of Sierra Leone: A Memoir for his Friends, arranged by E. G. Walmsley (1923) (online copy)
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