John Walmsley (bishop)

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John Walmsley (14 October 1867, in Hereford – 9 December 1922, in Freetown)[1] was an English Anglican missionary bishop for the Anglican Diocese of Sierra Leone in the early twentieth century.[2]

Walmsley was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford.[3] and ordained in 1890.[4] After a curacy at Stokenham he was Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford from 1894 to 1898.[5] He held incumbencies at St Giles, Normanton-by-Derby and St Ann, Nottingham.[6]

Walmsley served as Bishop of Sierra Leone from 1910 until his death.

References[]

  1. ^ 'Deaths' The Times Wednesday, Dec. 13, 1922 Issue 43213 p.1
  2. ^ Project Canterbury
  3. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Walmsley, John" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p1485: London; Horace Cox; 1908
  5. ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1370.
  6. ^ "Walmsley, John". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 15 December 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)


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