George Selwyn (bishop of Tinnevelly)
The Rt Rev George Theodore Selwyn was an eminent clergyman in the middle part of the 20th century.
He was born on 30 July 1887 and educated at St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[1] After a curacy at St Matthew’s Church, Bayswater[2] he emigrated to India as a CMS missionary, eventually becoming Principal of St John’s College, Palamcottah and then Bishop of Tinnevelly[3] in 1945. He retired in 1953 and died four years later on 30 May 1957.[4]
Notes
- ^ “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ 1910–12 Photo of church
- ^ Ecclesiastical News New Bishop of Tinnevelly The Times Friday, 26 October 1945; pg. 2; Issue 50283; col E
- ^ Obituary Rt. Rev. G. T. Selwyn Church Of South India The Times Friday, 14 June 1957; pg. 13; Issue 53867; col C
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