Frederic Wallis (1854 – 24 June 1928) was an

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priest.

Biography

Frederic Wallis was born in

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, the son of Joseph Wallis, MA. He was educated at

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and

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(whence he gained his MA Cantab).

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in 1876, he became

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of Caius in 1878 and a

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at Cambridge. In 1895 he was appointed to the colonial

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, a post he held for 16 years before retirement in 1911. On his return to the UK, he was

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(1911–1912), a Canon at

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(1913 onwards) and

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(1916–1919). Having become a

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(DD), he died in

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, and is buried at

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.Dorset Historic Churches Trust

Legacy

A memorial

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named in honor of Wallis and his wife Margaret is located at Hutt Hospital in

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References

1853 births People from Hastings People educated at St Paul's School, London Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 19th-century Anglican bishops in New Zealand 20th-century Anglican bishops in New Zealand Anglican bishops of Wellington Archdeacons of Sherborne Archdeacons of Wilts 1928 deaths Burials in Dorset {{Anglican-bishop-stub