William Cassels

William Wharton Cassels
William Wharton Cassels
Bishop of Western China
	William Cassels (photography published in 1886 in A Missionary Band: A Record and an Appeal by Benjamin Broomhall)
Church	Church in China
Diocese	Western China
Installed	1895
Term ended	1925
Successor	Howard Mowll
Orders
Consecration	18 October 1895; by Edward White Benson
Personal details
Born	11 March 1858; Oporto, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	7 November 1925 (aged 67); Paoning, Szechwan, Republican China
Buried	St John's Cathedral, Paoning
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	John Cassels; Ethelinda Cox
Spouse	Mary Louisa Legg
Children	Harold Cassels
Alma mater	Perceval House School; Repton School; St John's College, Cambridge;

William Wharton Cassels (11 March 1858 – 7 November 1925) was an Anglican missionary bishop.

Early life and education

Cassels was born in Oporto, Portugal, the sixth son of John Cassels, a merchant, and Ethelinda Cox, a distant relation of Warren Hastings.^[1] He was educated at Percival House School,^[2] Repton School^[3] and St John's College, Cambridge.^[4]

William Cassels's family in the garden of their Oporto home, 1860s.
Cassels when at Percival House School, 1870s.
Cassels when at Repton School, 1870s.

Work

He was ordained^[5] deacon (Rochester) on 4 June 1882 and priest on 10 June 1883.^[6] He was a curate at All Saints' South Lambeth from 1882 to 1885. A member of the famous ‘Cambridge Seven’,^[7] he joined the China Inland Mission in 1885, together with Arthur T. Polhill-Turner and Montagu Proctor-Beauchamp, the three established a proper Church of England diocese in Szechwan.^[8] In 1895, he became the Bishop of Western China (West China Diocese).^[9] One of the foremost missionaries of his time, who possessed great gifts of organisation, he understood the Chinese and was held in great veneration by them.

The right Rev. Bishop Cassels of Paoning Fu, in Qing-dynasty mandarin clothing; photography by Isabella Bird, 1899.
Bishop Cassels, his wife Mary Louisa Cassels (née Legg) and family, and other missionary workers at their mission home in Paoning; photography by Arthur T. Polhill-Turner, before 1901.

Family and death

Cassels married Mary Louisa Legg, daughter of Edward Legg, at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Shanghai, on 4 October 1887.^[10] They had several children.^[11] He died on 7 November 1925 at Paoning, Szechwan,^[12] buried in the garden of St John's Cathedral of Paoning. Mrs Cassels died eight days later.^[13] He had a son Harold Cassels born in Szechwan.

Publications

Cassels, W. W. (1898). Wang: A Chinese Christian (new ed.). London: Morgan & Scott.
Cassels, W. W. (1908). The Claims of China on the Church of Christ. "Day of Opportunity and the C.M.S." series (No. 2). London: Church Missionary Society.

References

^ Broomhall 1926, p. 7.
^ Broomhall 1926, p. 22.
^ Who was Who 1897–1990. London: A & C Black. 1991. ISBN 0-7136-3457-X.
^ "Cassels, William Wharton (CSLS877WW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940–1941. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1941.
^ Malden, Richard, ed. (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 269.
^ Norris, Frank L. (1908). "Chapter X. The Church in Western China". Handbooks of English Church Expansion: China. Oxford: A. R. Mowbray. p. 134.
^ Austin, Alvyn (1996). "Missions Dream Team". Christian History. Worcester, PA: Christian History Institute. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ The Clergy List. London: John Phillips. 1900.
^ Broomhall 1926, p. 107.
^ Broomhall 1926, p. 256.
^ "Death Of Bishop Cassels. Forty Years In China". The Times. No. 44115. London. 10 November 1925. p. 13.
^ Broomhall 1926, p. 354.

Bibliography

Broomhall, Marshall (1926). W. W. Cassels: First Bishop in Western China. London: The China Inland Mission.

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[FOOTNOTEBroomhall19267-1] Broomhall 1926, p. 7.

[FOOTNOTEBroomhall192622-2] Broomhall 1926, p. 22.

[3] Who was Who 1897–1990. London: A & C Black. 1991. ISBN 0-7136-3457-X.

[4] "Cassels, William Wharton (CSLS877WW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[5] Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940–1941. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1941.

[6] Malden, Richard, ed. (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 269.

[7] Norris, Frank L. (1908). "Chapter X. The Church in Western China". Handbooks of English Church Expansion: China. Oxford: A. R. Mowbray. p. 134.

[8] Austin, Alvyn (1996). "Missions Dream Team". Christian History. Worcester, PA: Christian History Institute. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[9] The Clergy List. London: John Phillips. 1900.

[FOOTNOTEBroomhall1926107-10] Broomhall 1926, p. 107.

[FOOTNOTEBroomhall1926256-11] Broomhall 1926, p. 256.

[12] "Death Of Bishop Cassels. Forty Years In China". The Times. No. 44115. London. 10 November 1925. p. 13.

[FOOTNOTEBroomhall1926354-13] Broomhall 1926, p. 354.

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Shensi	Shen Zigao Newton Liu
Chekiang	William Russell George Moule Herbert Molony John Curtis Kimber Den
North China	Charles Scott Frank Norris Thomas Scott
Western Szechwan	John Holden Song Cheng-tsi
Eastern Szechwan	William Cassels Howard Mowll John Holden Frank Houghton Kenneth Bevan
Shantung	Geoffrey Iliff Thomas Scott John Wellington
Fukien	Horace Price John Hind Christopher Sargent Michael Chang
Honan	William White Lindel Tsen
Kwangsi and Hunan	William Banister John Holden Percy Stevens

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