George Knight-Bruce
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The Rt Rev George Wyndham Hamilton Knight-Bruce DD was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the late nineteenth century.
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Education and early appointments [edit]
Born in 1853, he was educated at Eton and Merton College, Oxford,[1] and ordained in 1887.[2] He began his career with curacies at Bibury and Wendron. He then held incumbencies at Everton[disambiguation needed] and Bethnal Green.
Southern Africa [edit]
Elevated to the Episcopate, Knight-Bruce went to South Africa as Bishop of Bloemfontein in 1886.[3] Translated to Mashonaland as its first bishop in 1891,[4][5] he resigned in 1895.
Return to England [edit]
On his return to England he was appointed Rector of Bovey Tracey and an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Exeter, posts he held until his death on 16 December 1896.[6]
References [edit]
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
- ^ “Registrum sacrum Anglicanum. An attempt to exhibit the course of episcopal succession in England from the records and chronicles of the church” Stubbs, W(Ed) Oxford, Clarendon, 1896
- ^ Knight-Bruce, George Wyndham (1892). Journals of the Mashonaland Mission 1888 to 1892. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts.
- ^ Wits Historical Papers
- ^ The Times, Thursday, Dec 17, 1896; pg. 6; Issue 3576; col C Obituary Bishop Knight-Bruce
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| Preceded by Alan Becher Webb |
Bishop of Bloemfontein 1886–1891 |
Succeeded by John Wale Hicks |
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| Preceded by Inaugural appointment |
Bishop of Mashonaland 1891–1895 |
Succeeded by William Thomas Gaul |
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