William Carter (bishop)

The Most Reverend
William Carter
KCMG
Archbishop of Cape Town
Church Anglican
Province Southern Africa
Orders
Ordination 1874
Consecration 29 September 1891
Personal details
Born July 1850
Died 14 February 1941(1941-02-14) (aged 90)

William Marlborough Carter, KCMG[1] (1850–1941) was an Anglican bishop in South Africa.[2]

Family and education

Carter was born in July 1850,[3] a nephew of Canon T. T. Carter. He was educated at Eton and Pembroke College, Oxford.

His brother, Thomas Nevile Carter (1851–1879) played football for England in the second unofficial football match against Scotland, in November 1870.

Clerical career

Carter was ordained in 1874.[4] Following curacies at Christ Church, West Bromwich[5] and All Saints, Bakewell. He was secretary to the Eton Mission in Hackney until his ordination to the episcopate as Bishop of Zululand in 1891.[6] He was translated to Pretoria after a unanimous election in the Episcopalian Assembly there in August 1902,[7] and then to Cape Town in 1909.[8][9] He died on 14 February 1941.[10]

Commemoration

There is a memorial to him at St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town.[11] Carter House at Herschel Girls' School is named in his honour, as he was archbishop when the school was founded and a member of the first school council.[12]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "New Peerages Conferred - Knights Commanders". Hartlepool Mail. 3 June 1931. p. 2 col D. Retrieved 17 September 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ University of the Witwatersrand papers
  3. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897 – 2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  4. ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  5. ↑ Genuki
  6. ↑ "Saffragan Bishop of Rochester Diocese". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 3 September 1891. p. 5 col E. Retrieved 2014-09-17 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Ecclesiastic intelligence". The Times (36847). London. 15 August 1902. p. 9.
  8. ↑ New Archbishop Of Cape Town The Times Friday, 18 Dec 1908; pg. 13; Issue 38833; col D
  9. ↑ "Ecclesiastical News". Aberdeen Journal. 19 December 1908. p. 7 col E. Retrieved 2014-09-17 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ Obituary Dr W.M. Carter The Times Saturday, 15 Feb 1941; pg. 6; Issue 48851; col F
  11. ↑ Cathedral web site Archived 10 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  12. ↑ "House System". Herschel Girls' School. 2007. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles
Preceded by
Douglas MacKenzie		 Bishop of Zululand
1891 – 1902 		Succeeded by
Wilmot Lushington Vyvyan
Preceded by
Henry Brougham Bousfield		 Bishop of Pretoria
1902 – 1909 		Succeeded by
Michael Bolton Furse
Preceded by
William West Jones		 Archbishop of Cape Town
1909 – 1930 		Succeeded by
Francis Robinson Phelps
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