The Rt Rev George Wyndham Hamilton Knight-Bruce DD was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the late nineteenth century.
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Born in 1853, he was educated at Eton and Merton College, Oxford,[1] and ordained in 1887.[2] He began his career with curacies at Bibury and Wendron. He then held incumbencies at Everton and Bethnal Green.
Elevated to the Episcopate, Knight-Bruce went to South Africa as Bishop of Bloemfontein in 1886.[3] Translated to Mashonaland as its first bishop in 1891,[4][5] he resigned in 1895.
On his return to England he was appointed Rector of Bovey Tracey and an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Exeter, posts he held until his death on 16 December 1896.[6]
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Preceded by Alan Becher Webb |
Bishop of Bloemfontein 1886–1891 |
Succeeded by John Wale Hicks |
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Preceded by Inaugural appointment |
Bishop of Mashonaland 1891–1895 |
Succeeded by William Thomas Gaul |
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