John Walmsley (bishop)

John Walmsley (14 October 1867, in Hereford – 9 December 1922, in Freetown)[1] 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.[2]

Walmsley was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford.[3] and ordained in 1890.[4] After a curacy at Stokenham he was Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford from 1894 to 1898.[5] He held incumbencies at St Giles, Normanton-by-Derby and St Ann, Nottingham.[6]

Walmsley served as Bishop of Sierra Leone from 1910 until his death.

References
  1. 'Deaths' The Times Wednesday, Dec. 13, 1922 Issue 43213 p.1
  2. Project Canterbury
  3. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Walmsley, John" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p1485: London; Horace Cox; 1908
  5. Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1370.
  6. "Walmsley, John". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 15 December 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)


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