Wilmot Vyvyan

The Right Reverend

Wilmot Lushington Vyvyan
Bishop of Zululznd
Cleric with spectacles
Bishop W.L. Vyvyan
ChurchAnglican
ProvinceSouthern Africa
DioceseZululand
Elected1903
Personal details
Born(1861-08-12)12 August 1861
Died26 August 1937(1937-08-26) (aged 76)
Grahamstown, South Africa[2]
NationalityBritish
EducationCharterhouse
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
SignatureBishop of Zululand, handwritten in debased copperplate

The Rt Rev Wilmot Lushington Vyvyan (12 August 1861 – 26 August 1937) was an Anglican Bishop in the mid-20th century.[3]

Background

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Born into a noble family on 12 August 1861,[4] Wilmot Vyvyan was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge, from where he graduated in 1883.[5]

Career

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Ordained in 1888,[6] he was curate at the Charterhouse Mission, St Hugh's, Southwark, becoming its priest in charge from 1892 until 1901,[7] when he emigrated to South Africa. Here he was mission priest at Isandhlwana before elevation to the episcopate as the fourth bishop of Zululand in January 1903,[8] a post he was to hold for 26 years.[9] He died on 26 August 1937.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 19 August 2020. Births Sep 1861 Vyvyan Wilmot Lushington Dorchester 5a 336
  2. ^ "Former bishop: Cornishman's death in South Africa". Western Morning News. British Newspaper Archive. 27 August 1937. p. 5 col.5. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Vyvyan, Wilmot Lushington (VVN880WL)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ Foster 1871, p. 107.
  5. ^ "Vyvyan, Wilmot Lushington". Who's Who. A & C Black. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U218602. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory. London: Hamilton & Co. 1889.
  7. ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1701.
  8. ^ Hewison 1989, p. 387.
  9. ^ Wills 2006, p. 374.
  10. ^ "Bishop Vyvyan Long Service in Zululand". The Times. No. 47775. London. 28 August 1937. col C, p. 12.

Bibliography

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Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles
Preceded by Bishop of Zululand
1903–1929
Succeeded by