Wilmot Vyvyan
The Rt Rev Wilmot Lushington Vyvyan (12 August 1861 – 26 August 1937) was an Anglican Bishop in the mid-20th century.[1]
Born into a noble family on 12 August 1861,[2] Wilmot Vyvyan was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] Ordained in 1888,[4] he was curate at the Charterhouse Mission, St Hugh's, Southwark, becoming its priest in charge from 1892 until 1901, when he emigrated to South Africa. Here he was mission priest at Isandhlwana before elevation to the Episcopate as the fourth Bishop of Zululand in 1903,[5] a post he was to hold for 26 years.[6] He died on 26 August 1937.[7]
Notes
- ^ "Vyvyan, Wilmot Lushington (VVN880WL)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Foster 1871, p. 107.
- ^ Vyvyan (2007). "Vyvyan, Wilmot Lushington". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U218602.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter|othernames=ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) - ^ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory. London: Hamilton & Co. 1889.
- ^ Hewison 1989, p. 387.
- ^ Wills 2006, p. 374.
- ^ "Bishop Vyvyan Long Service In Zululand". The Times. No. 47775. London. 28 August 1937. col C, p. 12. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
References
- Foster, Joseph (1871). The pedigree of Wilson of High Wray & Kendal, and the families connected with them.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Hewison, Hope Hay (1989). Hedge of Wild Almonds: South Africa, the Pro-Boers & the Quaker Conscience, 1890-1910. James Currey Publishers. ISBN 978-0-85255-031-1.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Lee, Albert William (1930). Charles Johnson of Zululand. London.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Wills, Walter H. (2006). The Anglo-African Who's Who and Biographical Sketchbook, 1907. Jeppestown Press. ISBN 978-0-9553936-3-1.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Butler, Guy (2000). The prophetic nun: Sister Margaret CR, Sister Pauline CR, Sister Dorothy Raphael CSMV. Random House. ISBN 978-0-9584195-4-3.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Jones, Timothy Willem (2011). "The Missionaries' Position: Polygamy and Divorce in the Anglican Communion, 1888-1988". Journal of Religious History. 35 (3): 393–408. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9809.2011.01077.x. ISSN 0022-4227.
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External links
- Portraits of Wilmot Lushington Vyvyan at the National Portrait Gallery, London
- Genealogical web-site
- Rootsweb
- University of the Witwatersrand
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