George Knight-Bruce

George Wyndham Hamilton Knight-Bruce DD was an Anglican Bishop serving in Southern Africa, first as Bishop of Bloemfontein and then as the inaugural Bishop of Mashonaland, in the late nineteenth century. Knight-Bruce was born in 1853 and, having retired early owing to ill health, died in 1896.

Education and early appointments

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.

Southern Africa

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.

Knight-Bruce was accompanied by the lay catechist and, ultimately, martyr, Bernard Mizeki, (c 1861-1896) who under Knight-Bruce and his successor Bishop Gaul would carry out missionary work amongst the Shona people.

Knight-Bruce left an account of this missionary endeavour in his published Journals of the Mashonaland Mission 1888 to 1892,^[6] and in subsequent reminiscences under the title Memories of Mashonaland.^[7]

The Bishop retired early due to ill health.

Return to England

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.^[8]

References

1. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
2. ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
3. ↑ “Registrum sacrum Anglicanum. An attempt to exhibit the course of episcopal succession in England from the records and chronicles of the church” Stubbs, W(Ed) Oxford, Clarendon, 1896
4. ↑ Knight-Bruce, George Wyndham (1892). Journals of the Mashonaland Mission 1888 to 1892. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. 
5. ↑ Wits Historical Papers
6. ↑ Journals of the Mashonaland Mission 1888 to 1892 by G. W. H. Knight-Bruce, 1892
7. ↑ Memories of Mashonaland by G. W. H. Knight-Bruce, 1895
8. ↑ The Times, Thursday, Dec 17, 1896; pg. 6; Issue 3576; col C Obituary Bishop Knight-Bruce

Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles
Preceded by Alan Becher Webb	Bishop of Bloemfontein 1886–1891	Succeeded by John Wale Hicks
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Bishop of Mashonaland 1891–1895	Succeeded by William Thomas Gaul

v t e Bishops of Bloemfontein and of the Free State Bloemfontein Edward Twells Allan Webb George Knight-Bruce Wale Hicks Arthur Chandler Walter Carey Arthur Howe-Browne Cecil Alderson Bill Burnett Frederick Amoore Thomas Stanage Patrick Glover Dintoe Stephen Letloenyane Free State Patrick Glover

v t e Bishops of Mashonaland and of Harare Bishops of Mashonaland George Knight-Bruce William Gaul Edmund Powell Frederic Beaven Edward Paget Cecil Alderson Paul Burrough Bishops of Harare and Mashonaland Peter Hatendi Nolbert Kunonga Bishops of Harare Sebastian Bakare

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Name	Knight-Bruce, George Wyndham Hamilton
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Short description	Anglican bishop
Date of birth	1853
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Date of death	1896
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