William Cassels
William Wharton Cassels | |
|---|---|
 The right Rev. Bishop Cassels, D.D. Paoning Fu. (Photography published in 1899 in the book "The Yangtze Valley and Beyond" by Isabella Bird) | |
| Born | March 11, 1858 Oporto, Portugal |
| Died | November 7, 1925 (aged 67) Paoling, Sichuan |
| Occupation | Missionary |
| Known for | Missionary in China, Bishop |
| Spouse | Mary Louisa Legg |
William Wharton Cassels (11 March 1858 – 7 November 1925) was an Anglican missionary bishop.
Early life and education
Cassels was born in Oporto, Portugal, the sixth son of John Cassels, a merchant, and Ethelinda Cox, a distant relation of Warren Hastings.[1] He was educated at Repton School[2] and St John's College, Cambridge.[3]
Work
He was ordained[4] deacon (Rochester) on 4 June 1882 and priest on 10 June 1883. He was a curate at All Saints' South Lambeth from 1882 to 1885. A member of the famous ‘Cambridge Seven’,[5] he joined the China Inland Mission in 1885. In 1895, he became the Bishop of Western China.[6] One of the foremost missionaries of his time, who possessed great gifts of organisation, he understood the Chinese and was held in great veneration by them.
Family and death
Cassels married Mary Louisa Legg, daughter of Edward Legg, in Shanghai, China, in 1892. They had several children.[7] He died on 7 November 1925 at Paoling, Western China.[8] Mrs Cassels died eight days later.[9]
References
- ^ Marshall Broomhall (1926). W. W. Cassels, first bishop in Western China
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ "Cassels, William Wharton (CSLS877WW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940–1941 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ Cambridge Seven
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
- ^ William Wharton Cassels. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
- ^ The Times, 10 November 1925; pg. 13; Issue 44115; col D Death Of Bishop Cassels. Forty Years In China
- ^ Marshall Broomhall (1926). W. W. Cassels, first bishop in Western China
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