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Bishop Of Sierra Leone
The Anglican Diocese of Sierra Leone was founded in 1852. Bishops of Sierra Leone * 1852–1854 Owen Vidal (1st bishop, died at sea, 1854) * 1855–1857 John Weeks (died in office of "African Sickness") * 1857–1860 John Bowen (died in office of Yellow Fever) * 1860–1869 Edward Beckles * 1870-1882 Henry Cheetham * 1883–1897 Graham Ingham * 1897–1901 John Taylor Smith * 1902–1909 Edmund Elwin * 1910–1921 John Walmsley * 1923–1936 George Wright (afterwards Bishop of North Africa, 1936) * 1936–1961 James L.C. Horstead (also Archbishop of West Africa, 1955–1961) ** 11 June 1948after 1957: Percy Jones, assistant bishop * 1961–1981 Moses N.C.O. Scott (also Archbishop of West Africa, 1969–1981) Curates of Freetown * 1855-1858 Revd Francis Pocock was Chaplain to John Weeks. He returned to England where he founded Monkton Combe School (Thy Word is Truth) , established = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoardin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Society For The Promotion Of Christian Knowledge
The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK) is a UK-based Christian charity. Founded in 1698 by Thomas Bray, it has worked for over 300 years to increase awareness of the Christian faith in the UK and across the world. The SPCK is the oldest Anglican mission organisation in the world, though it is now more ecumenical in outlook and publishes books for a wide range of Christian denominations. It is currently the leading publisher of Christian books in the United Kingdom and the third oldest independent publisher in the UK. Mission The SPCK has a vision of a world in which everyone is transformed by Christian knowledge. Its mission is to lead the way in creating books and resources that help everyone to make sense of faith. Education has always been a core part of SPCK's mission. History Foundation On 8 March 1698, Rev. Thomas Bray met a small group of friends, including Sir Humphrey Mackworth, Colonel Maynard Colchester, Lord Guilford and John Hooke at Lincoln ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Map Of Sierra Leone From Church Missionary Atlas (1859)
A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, or themes. Many maps are static, fixed to paper or some other durable medium, while others are dynamic or interactive. Although most commonly used to depict geography, maps may represent any space, real or fictional, without regard to context or scale, such as in brain mapping, DNA mapping, or computer network topology mapping. The space being mapped may be two dimensional, such as the surface of the earth, three dimensional, such as the interior of the earth, or even more abstract spaces of any dimension, such as arise in modeling phenomena having many independent variables. Although the earliest maps known are of the heavens, geographic maps of territory have a very long tradition and exist from ancient times. The word "map" comes from the , wherein ''mappa'' meant 'napkin' or 'cloth' and ''mundi'' 'the world'. Thus, "map" became a shortened term referring to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Vidal
Owen Emeric Vidal was the Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone from 1852 until his death three years later. Life He was the son of Emeric Essex Vidal and his wife Anna Jane Capper, daughter of the Rev. James Capper, born at Easthampstead. He was educated at St Paul's School, Southsea. He matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge, in 1838, where he graduated B.A. in 1842, and M.A. in 1845; he was awarded a D.D. in 1852. Ordained deacon in March 1843, Vidal was ordained priest in December of the same year. He was Vicar of Holy Trinity, Upper Dicker until his elevation to the episcopate. He died while on a sea voyage back to his see and was buried at Freetown on 27 December 1855. Family Vidal married in 1852 Anne Adelaide Hoare, the fourth daughter of the Rev. Henry Hoare, vicar of Framfield. References External linksBibliographic directoryfrom Project Canterbury Project Canterbury (sometimes abbreviated as PC) is an online archive of material related to the history of Anglicanism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Weeks (bishop)
John Wills Weeks (1799-1857) was the Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone from 1855 until his death in Sierra Leone two years later. John Weeks was born in Dartmouth, Devon in 1799. A CMS missionary in Sierra Leone from 1825 to 1844 when ill-health caused his return to England, he became incumbent of St Thomas's Church and headmaster of Cranbrook School, Lambeth until his appointment to the episcopate. He became a Doctor of Divinity (DD). On 7 December 1826, Weeks married his first wife Anna Pope, née Haynes, widow of John Pope, a missionary who died after only 6 months of service in Sierra Leone. She predeceased him 10 January 1839. His second wife Phoebe Graham, née Davey, née Goodwin, from Bungay in Suffolk, widow of Henry Graham, died in 1866 and was buried in West Norwood West Norwood is a largely residential area of south London within the London Borough of Lambeth, located 5.4 miles (8.7 km) south south-east of Charing Cross. The centre of West Norwood sits in a bow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bowen (bishop)
John Bowen LL.D. (21 November 1815 – 2 June 1859) was an Anglican bishop in Sierra Leone. Bowen, son of Thomas Bowen, captain in the 85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers), 85th regiment, by his third wife, Mary, daughter of the Rev. John Evans, chaplain to the garrison at Placentia, Newfoundland, was born at Court, near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. At twelve years of age he was sent to school at Merlin's Vale, near Haverfordwest, and in 1830 continued his studies at the same place under the care of the Rev. David Adams. He entered Trinity College, Dublin in 1840."Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College, Dublin, Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p85: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 He emigrated to Canada in April 1835, and took a farm at Dunnville, Ontario, on the shores of Lake Erie, where, during the rebellion of 1837–8, he served in the militi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Beckles
Edward Hyndman Beckles (1816 – 5 December 1902) was the Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone from 1860 until 1869. Beckles was born in Barbados in 1816, educated at Codrington College Barbados, ordained deacon in 1843 and priest in 1844. He started as curate of Holy Trinity, Port of Spain, then served for six years at St. Michael, Diego Martin, Trinidad, where he was also chaplain to the forces. After a brief period in the United Kingdom, where he was curate of London-churches in Mile End and Lisson Grove, he returned to the West Indies in 1853 as rector of St Peter's, Saint Kitts. He was nominated Bishop of Sierra Leone in 1860, but resigned in 1869 and moved to the United Kingdom. After resigning his episcopal see he was Minister of Berkeley Chapel, Mayfair, Rector of Wootton, Kent and finally Vicar of St Peter, Bethnal Green from 1873. At some point he gained a Doctorate of Divinity A Doctor of Divinity (D.D. or DDiv; la, Doctor Divinitatis) is the holder of an advanced acad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Cheetham
Henry Cheetham (27 April 1827 – 22 December 1899) was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Sierra Leone from 1870 until 1882. Henry Cheetham was born in Nottingham and educated in Nottingham and at Christ's College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1856, he was Vicar of Quarndon, Derbyshire until his appointment to the colonial episcopate. He died in Bournemouth on 22 December 1899.''Obituary Bishop Cheetham'' The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' ( ..., Tuesday, Dec 26, 1899; pg. 7; Issue 36022; col F Doctor of Divinity (DD) 1871. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheetham, Henry 1827 births Clergy from Nottingham Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge 19th-century Anglican bishops in Sierra Leone English Anglican missionaries Anglican missionaries in Sierra Leone Angli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Ingham
Ernest Graham Ingham (30 January 1851 – 9 April 1926) was an eminent Anglican bishop and author living at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. Ingham was born in Bermuda, the seventh child and third son of Samuel Saltus Ingham, Speaker of the House of Assembly of Bermuda. He was educated at Bishop's College School in Canada and Christ's College, Cambridge — gaining his Cambridge Master of Arts (MA Cantab) —, and ordained in 1877. He was Organizing Secretary of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) for West Yorkshire and then Vicar of St Matthew's, Leeds until his appointment to the episcopate as the fifth Bishop of Sierra Leone. On returning to England he was Rector of Stoke-next-Guildford from 1897 to 1904, Home Secretary of the CMS until 1912 and finally Vicar of St Jude's, Southsea. At some point, he became a Doctor of Divinity (DD). He was buried in the churchyard at Aldingbourne Aldingbourne is a mixed rural and residential civil and ecclesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Taylor Smith
John Taylor-Smith (20 April 1860 – 28 March 1938) was an Anglican bishop and military chaplain. He was the Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone by the end of the 19th century and the Chaplain-General to the Forces from the year 1901 to 1925. Early life and education John Taylor-Smith was born in 1860 in Kendal, Westmorland, England. He is the son of John Smith. Ordained ministry Taylor-Smith was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1885 and as a priest in 1886. From 1885 to 1890, he served his curacy at St Paul's Church, Penge in the Diocese of Rochester. He then moved to colonial Sierra Leone, and served as Sub-Dean of St. George's Cathedral, Freetown, and Diocesan Missioner from 1890 to 1897. In 1897, he was consecrated to the episcopate as Bishop of Sierra Leone. He was also an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen (QHC) from 1896 to 1901. On 1 November 1901, John Taylor-Smith was appointed Chaplain-General to the Forces, and therefore head of the Army Chaplains' Dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Elwin
Edmund Henry Elwin, DD (18 September 1871 – 10 November 1909) was an English Anglican missionary and Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone. Biography Elwin was educated at Dover College and Merton College, Oxford, England, where he gained a third class degree in Theology. Later he studied at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford, a theological training college in the Evangelical tradition. After his curacy in Oxford, Edmund Elwin became a missionary in Sierra Leone and soon became Vice Principal of Fourah Bay College which was affiliated to Durham University. He eventually became Principal and Secretary of the Sierra Leone Mission. When the then Bishop of Sierra Leone became Chaplain General to the British Forces in November 1901, Elwin was appointed his successor. He was consecrated as Bishop by the Archbishop of Canterbury in Westminster Cathedral 25 January 1902. In March 1902 he received the degree Doctor of Divinity ''(Honoris causa)'' from the University of Oxford, and was elected a Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Walmsley (bishop)
John Walmsley (14 October 1867, in Hereford – 9 December 1922, in Freetown) was an English Anglican missionary bishop for the Anglican Diocese of Sierra Leone in the early twentieth century, from 1910 to his death in 1922. Walmsley was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford. and ordained in 1890. After a curacy at Stokenham he was Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford from 1894 to 1898. He held incumbencies at St Giles, Normanton-by-Derby and St Ann, Nottingham. Walmsley served as Bishop of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierr ... from 1910 until his death. References 1867 births 1922 deaths Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Clergy from Hereford Anglican missionaries in Sierra Leone Sierra Leonean educators Anglican bishops of Sierra Leone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wright (bishop)
George William Wright was an Anglican Bishop in Africa in the mid-20th century. He was born on 17 December 1873, educated at Barnsley Grammar School and ordained in 1906 following a 15-year career as a civil servant. After a curacy at Christ Church, Derby he went as a CMS missionary to Mombasa where he remained in various capacities until 1921 when he returned to England as Vicar of Boulton. In 1923 he was consecrated Bishop of Sierra Leone and in 1936 of North Africa. He was Vicar of Templecombe from 1942 to 1951 and an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Bath and Wells. He died on 11 August 1956 Early life Wright's father was a postmaster in the town and at age 14 he was forced to leave Barnsley Grammar School and the scholarship he had won. Wright began working at the local postoffice serving in the various departments as messenger boy, post boy, sorting clerk and serving behind the counter. He was determined to succeed in life and took exams which bought him to London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
