John Walmsley (14 October 1867, in

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– 9 December 1922, in

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) was an English Anglican missionary bishop for the Anglican Diocese of Sierra Leone in the early twentieth century, from 1910 to his death in 1922. Walmsley was the son of George Walmsley, of Hereford. He was educated in Hereford, and at

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, Oxford, where he was Somerset Scholar, and Senior Hall Greek Testament Prizeman. He was made

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in 1890, and

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priest in the

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by the

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in 1891. After a curacy at

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he was

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from 1894 to 1898. He held incumbencies at St Giles, Normanton-by-Derby and St Ann,

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. Walmsley served as

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from 1910 until his death of

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, in a nursing home in

in 1922."Death of the Bishop of Sierra Leone," ''Gloucester Citizen'' (11 December 1922), p. 4.

References

External links

Anglican History website
''John Walmsley Ninth Bishop of Sierra Leone: A Memoir for his Friends'', arranged by E. G. Walmsley (1923) (online copy) 1867 births 1922 deaths Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Clergy from Hereford Anglican missionaries in Sierra Leone Sierra Leonean educators Anglican bishops of Sierra Leone People associated with Durham University English Anglican missionaries British missionary educators 20th-century Anglican bishops in Sierra Leone {{Africa-Anglican-bishop-stub