Alfred Charles Willis (3 February 1836 – 14 November 1920) was an

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bishop and author in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Biography

Born the son of a physician, he was educated at Uppingham and

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, and

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in 1860. After a

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, he was the incumbent at St Mark, New Brompton from 1863 until his appointment as the second bishop of

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in 1872. He held this post for 30 years, until he retired to

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. Willis was supportive of Liliʻuokalani, the last sovereign monarch of Hawaii, after her 1893 overthrow. Shortly after her release from house arrest in 1896, he baptised and confirmed the deposed queen.

References

1836 births 1920 deaths Clergy from Lincolnshire People educated at Uppingham School Alumni of St John's College, Oxford 20th-century Anglican bishops in the United States Episcopal bishops of Hawaii Anglican missionaries in Hawaii 19th-century Anglican bishops in Oceania {{Anglican-bishop-stub