Wilmot Vyvyan

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

The Right Reverend Wilmot Lushington Vyvyan
Bishop of Zululznd
Bishop W.L. Vyvyan
Church	Anglican
Province	Southern Africa
Diocese	Zululand
Elected	1903
Personal details
Born	August 12, 1861 Dorchester, Dorset[1]
Died	August 26, 1937 (aged 76) Grahamstown, South Africa[2]
Nationality	British
Education	Charterhouse
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
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Background

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

Career

Ordained in 1888,[6] he was curate at the Charterhouse Mission, St Hugh's, Southwark, becoming its priest in charge from 1892 until 1901, 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 1903,[7] a post he was to hold for 26 years.[8] He died on 26 August 1937.[9]

References

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. ukwhoswho.com. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. 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. Hewison 1989, p. 387.
8. Wills 2006, p. 374.
9. "Bishop Vyvyan Long Service In Zululand". The Times (47775). London. 28 August 1937. col C, p. 12.

Bibliography

• Foster, Joseph (1871). The pedigree of Wilson of High Wray & Kendal, and the families connected with them.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Hewison, Hope Hay (1989). Hedge of Wild Almonds: South Africa, the Pro-Boers & the Quaker Conscience, 1890-1910. James Currey Publishers. ISBN 978-0-85255-031-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Lee, Albert William (1930). Charles Johnson of Zululand. London.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Wills, Walter H. (2006). The Anglo-African Who's Who and Biographical Sketchbook, 1907. Jeppestown Press. ISBN 978-0-9553936-3-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Butler, Guy (2000). The prophetic nun: Sister Margaret CR, Sister Pauline CR, Sister Dorothy Raphael CSMV. Random House. ISBN 978-0-9584195-4-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Jones, Timothy Willem (2011). "The Missionaries' Position: Polygamy and Divorce in the Anglican Communion, 1888-1988". Journal of Religious History. 35 (3): 393–408. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9809.2011.01077.x. ISSN 0022-4227.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Portraits of Wilmot Lushington Vyvyan at the National Portrait Gallery, London
• Genealogical web-site
• Rootsweb
• University of the Witwatersrand