The Rt Rev Wilmot Lushington Vyvyan (12 August 1861 – 26 August 1937) was an

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Bishop in the mid-20th century.

Background

Born into a noble family on 12 August 1861, Wilmot Vyvyan was educated at

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and

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, from where he graduated in 1883.

Career

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in 1888, he was

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at the Charterhouse Mission, St Hugh's,

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, becoming its

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from 1892 until 1901, when he emigrated to South Africa. Here he was mission priest at Isandhlwana before elevation to the

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as the fourth bishop of Zululand in January 1903, a post he was to hold for 26 years. He died on 26 August 1937.

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Genealogical web-site

University of the Witwatersrand
1861 births People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Anglican bishops of Zululand 20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops 1937 deaths {{Africa-Anglican-bishop-stub