William Sedgwick (bishop)
William Walmsley Sedgwick | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Waiapu | |
| Province | East Coast, New Zealand |
| Diocese | Anglican Diocese of Waiapu |
| Installed | 22 February 1914 |
| Predecessor | Alfred Averill |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Walmsley Sedgwick 1858 |
| Died | 3 May 1948 (aged 89) |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Spouse | Margarita Helen Sedgwick |
| Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
The Rt Rev William Walmsley Sedgwick (1858–1948[1]) was the 5th Anglican Bishop of Waiapu, New Zealand, whose Episcopate spanned a 15-year period during the first half of the 20th century.
Born at Freemantle in Southampton,[2] England, he was educated at St Martin's, York and matriculated in 1879. He attended Christ's College, Cambridge and graduated in 1882 with a B.A.[3][4] He was ordained as a deacon at Dover in 1882, and as a priest at Canterbury in 1883.[5] He embarked on his career with a curacy at St. John The Baptist, Wateringbury.[6]
He was a Naval Chaplain from 1884 to 1886; he took part in the Suakin Expedition, 1884–85; and served as Chaplain on H.M.S. Thunderer in the Mediterranean Fleet, 1885–86.[7] He held incumbencies at Hockley Heath in the West Midlands, England, 1886–89; Vryburg, British Bechuanaland, 1889–93; Bedford, Eastern Cape, 1893–96; Evershot, Dorset, 1897–98; and he became the chaplain to the Earl of Home, 1897–1900.[8][9]
He emigrated to New Zealand and was appoint as the vicar of Waikari, 1901–03; vicar of Akaroa, 1903–04; vicar of St Luke's Church, Christchurch, 1904–14; canon of ChristChurch Cathedral, Christchurch, 1911–14; and chaplain to the Bishop of Christchurch, 1914.[10]
On 22 February 1914 he became the Bishop of Waiapu. He retired as bishop in 1929. His last post was as Vicar of Detling, Kent, England, 1931–32.[11] From 1938 until his death in 1948 he was licensed to officiate in the Diocese of Grahamstown, Makhanda, South Africa.[12]
Notes[edit]
- ^ NZetc
- ^ British Sedgwick Genealogy
- ^ "Sedgwick, William Walmsley (SGWK878WW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ University Intelligence. Cambridge, 15 Dec. The Times Friday, 16 December 1881; pg. 4; Issue 30379; col D
- ^ The Times, Tuesday, 26 September 1882; pg. 7; Issue 30622; col C Ordinations Canterbury
- ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. pp. 1552/3.
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ "Sedgwick, William Walmsley (SGWK878WW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Sedgwick, William Walmsley (SGWK878WW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940–41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ "Sedgwick, William Walmsley (SGWK878WW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
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