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William Mounsey (reverend)
William Mounsey may refer to: * William Mounsey (Royal Navy officer) William Mounsey CB (1766 – 25 September 1830) was a British officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the American Revolutionary, the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, rising to the rank of Captain. Family and early life ... (1766–1830), British officer of the Royal Navy * William Mounsey (bishop) (1867–1952), Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak, 1909–1916 * William H. Mounsey (1808–1877), British soldier and antiquarian {{hndis, Mounsey, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Mounsey (Royal Navy Officer)
William Mounsey CB (1766 – 25 September 1830) was a British officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the American Revolutionary, the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, rising to the rank of Captain. Family and early life Mounsey was born in 1766, as the fifth son of George Mounsey, of Carlisle. He joined the navy on 23 February 1780, at the age of 13, becoming a midshipman aboard , under Captain Sir Digby Dent, who would become Mounsey's patron. The ''Royal Oak'' was sent to the North American Station in May to reinforce Vice-admiral Mariot Arbuthnot's fleet. During the voyage Mounsey took part in the capture of a French East Indiaman. They reached their destination on 13 July, after which Arbuthnot raised his flag aboard the ''Royal Oak'', whilst Dent and Mounsey moved aboard . The ''Raisonnable'' then returned home with despatches, but the ship was so badly damaged by a gale whilst crossing the Atlantic, that she was paid off on her arrival for large-scale r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Mounsey (bishop)
William Robert Mounsey (called Robert until 1925 and Rupert thereafter; 1867–1952) was Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak from 1909 to 1916. In 1909 he founded the Borneo Mission Association. William Robert (called Robert until 1925) was born on 20 September 1867, trained for the ministry at Lincoln Theological College and was made deacon on 21 September 1890, by William Maclagan, Bishop of Lichfield, at Lichfield Cathedral and later ordained priest. He began his ministry with curacies at St Stephen's, Willenhall and St James's, Wednesbury. Following this he was Organising Secretary of the New Guinea Mission before his elevation to the episcopate. After this he held incumbencies in Italy, Belgium and England before spending the final part of his life (1926 onwards) at the Community of the Resurrection, where he took the name Rupert. In 1925 he was commissioned to assist the Bishop of Truro in the Diocese of Truro; in 1930 he was appointed Assistant Bishop of Truro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |