Wilmot Vyvyan
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The Rt Rev Wilmot Lushington Vyvyan (12 August 1861 – 26 August 1937) was an Anglican Bishop in the mid-20th century.[1]
Born into a noble family on 12 August 1861,[2] Wilmot Vyvyan was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] Ordained in 1888,[4] he was curate at the Charterhouse Mission, St Hugh’s, Southwark,[5] becoming its Priest in charge from 1892 until 1901, 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 1903,[6] a post he was to hold for 26 years. He died on 26 August 1937.[7]
Notes
- ↑ "Vyvyan, Wilmot Lushington (VVN880WL)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. Another copy at Genealogical web-site
- ↑ Rootsweb
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
- ↑ Church web-site
- ↑ University of the Witwatersrand
- ↑ The Times, Saturday, 28 Aug 1937; pg. 12; Issue 47775; col C Bishop Vyvyan Long Service In Zululand
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| Preceded by William Marlborough Carter |
Bishop of Zululand 1903 –1929 |
Succeeded by Charles Arthur William Aylen |
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