Alfred Edmeads Cowley (1849–1916) was a
Church Missionary Society missionary to ''Sindh Mission'' or ''Karachi Mission'' – then-part of
Western India before the
independence in 1947.
Biography
Cowley was born in 1849 at Fairford,
Rupert's Land—then part of
British North America, and now part of
Manitoba, Canada. Having been
ordained as a
deacon on 25 February 1872, he was sent as a
Church Missionary Society (CMS) missionary to
Karachi, chief station of ''Sindh Mission'' in 1872, where he served till 1876 – ''Sindh Mission'' was begun in 1850 as a mission to
Muslim
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s after the
Sindh Province was annexed by
British Raj in 1843 – In 1852, a school was started on own expense by Colonel Preedy, the first magistrate of Karachi; later, that school came as a gift to CMS in running the school after his transfer –
James Sheldon was the first CMS missionary to ''Sindh Mission'' in 1854.
On account of ill health, he returned to England on 14 February 1876, but was later transferred to North-West America to assist his aged-father. Between 1876 and 1881, he was an incumbent for St. Clement's Church,
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– St. Clement's Church became independent of the CMS in 1879. In 1879, he married Hart Davies, principal of Principal of the
Ladies' College in
Winnipeg, Manitoba. In spite of receiving an offer to return to
India in 1880, but could not be carried into effect.
He was made an
Honorary Canon in 1910 after serving in positions like
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of St. James,
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, and later at
Headingly between 1884 and 1911 – served as assistant secretary of CMS from 1881 to 1887 and CMS's co-secretary from 1887 to 1889 – served as rural
dean of
Selkirk, Manitoba, from 1888 until 1911.
References
External links
The history of the Church missionary society, its environment, its men and its workTHE CHURCH MISSIONARY INTELLIGENCER AND RECORD
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1849 births
1916 deaths
Canadian Anglican missionaries
Anglican missionaries in India
People of Rupert's Land