The Rt Rev William Collinson Sawyer, DD[1] was a colonial Anglican Bishop in the third quarter of the nineteenth century. He was born in 1831 and educated at Abingdon School and Oriel College, Oxford.[2] After some years as the Vicar of Tunbridge Wells,[3] he was appointed the inaugural Bishop of Grafton and Armidale[4] on 30 January 1867, consecrated on 2 February 1867 and died by drowning[5] when his boat was upset[6] in the Clarence River on Sunday 15 March 1868.
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| Preceded by Inaugural appointment |
Bishop of Grafton and Armidale 1867– 1868 |
Succeeded by James Francis Turner |
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