William Cassels
William Wharton Cassels | |
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Born | |
Died | November 7, 1925 | (aged 67)
Occupation | Missionary |
Known for | Missionary in China, Bishop |
Spouse(s) | 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.[5] He was a curate at All Saints' South Lambeth from 1882 to 1885. A member of the famous ‘Cambridge Seven’,[6] he joined the China Inland Mission in 1885, together with Arthur T. Polhill-Turner and Montagu Proctor-Beauchamp, the three established a proper Church of England diocese in Szechwan.[7] In 1895, he became the Bishop of Western China (Hua Hsi Diocese).[8] 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.[9] He died on 7 November 1925 at Paoning, Szechwan,[10] buried in the garden of St John's Cathedral. Mrs Cassels died eight days later.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b 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
- ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 269.
- ^ Cambridge Seven
- ^ Austin, Alvyn (1996). "Missions Dream Team". Christian History. Worcester, PA: Christian History Institute. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ ”The Clergy List” 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
- 1858 births
- People educated at Repton School
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
- Anglican missionaries in Sichuan
- Anglican missionary bishops in China
- 1925 deaths
- 19th-century Anglican bishops in China
- 20th-century Anglican bishops in China
- Diocese of Szechwan
- Anglican bishops of Western China
- Anglican bishop stubs