Wilmot Vyvyan
The Right Reverend Wilmot Lushington Vyvyan | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Zululznd | |
 Bishop W.L. Vyvyan | |
| Church | Anglican |
| Province | Southern Africa |
| Diocese | Zululand |
| Elected | 1903 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 August 1861 |
| Died | 26 August 1937 (aged 76) Grahamstown, South Africa[2] |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Charterhouse |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Signature |  |
The Rt Rev Wilmot Lushington Vyvyan (12 August 1861 – 26 August 1937) was an Anglican Bishop in the mid-20th century.[3]
Background
[edit]Born into a noble family on 12 August 1861,[4] Wilmot Vyvyan was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge, from where he graduated in 1883.[5]
Career
[edit]Ordained in 1888,[6] he was curate at the Charterhouse Mission, St Hugh's, Southwark, becoming its priest in charge from 1892 until 1901,[7] 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 January 1903,[8] a post he was to hold for 26 years.[9] He died on 26 August 1937.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 19 August 2020. Births Sep 1861 Vyvyan Wilmot Lushington Dorchester 5a 336
- ^ "Former bishop: Cornishman's death in South Africa". Western Morning News. British Newspaper Archive. 27 August 1937. p. 5 col.5. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "Vyvyan, Wilmot Lushington (VVN880WL)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Foster 1871, p. 107.
- ^ "Vyvyan, Wilmot Lushington". Who's Who. A & C Black. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U218602. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory. London: Hamilton & Co. 1889.
- ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1701.
- ^ 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.
Bibliography
[edit]- Foster, Joseph (1871). The pedigree of Wilson of High Wray & Kendal, and the families connected with them.
- 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.
- Lee, Albert William (1930). Charles Johnson of Zululand. London.
{{cite book}}: 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.
- Butler, Guy (2000). The prophetic nun: Sister Margaret CR, Sister Pauline CR, Sister Dorothy Raphael CSMV. Random House. ISBN 978-0-9584195-4-3.
- 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.
External links
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- Portraits of Wilmot Lushington Vyvyan at the National Portrait Gallery, London
- Genealogical web-site
- Rootsweb
- University of the Witwatersrand
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