 1844 - 1898 (53 years)
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| Name |
John Richardson Selwyn |
| Prefix |
The Rt. Rev. |
| Born |
20 May 1844 |
Waimate, New Zealand  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
12 Feb 1898 |
| Age |
53 years |
| Buried |
Pau, France |
| Person ID |
I0410 |
The Selwyn Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
2 Oct 2014 |
| Father |
The Rt. Rev. George Augustus Selwyn, b. 05 Apr 1809, Church Row,Hampstead, England , d. 11 Apr 1878, Lichfield (Age 69 years) |
| Mother |
Sarah Harriet Richardson, b. 2 Sep 1809, Wanlip Hall, Leicestershire, England , d. 24 March 1907, Lichfield (Age 97 years) |
| Married |
25 Jun 1839 |
| Family ID |
F049 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Clara Long Innes, b. 29 Jul 1845, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , d. 30 Dec 1877, Norfolk Island, Pacific Ocean (Age 32 years) |
| Married |
16 Jan 1872 |
London |
| Children |
| + | 1. Margaret Elizabeth Selwyn, b. 1872, Lichfield , d. 29 Jul 1930, Stamford, Huntingdonshire, England (Age 58 years) |
| | 2. Rebecca Sarah Selwyn, b. 1874, Norfolk Island, Pacific Ocean , d. 12 May 1921, Staffordshire, England (Age 47 years) |
| + | 3. Rev. Stephen John Selwyn, b. 1875, Norfolk Island, Pacific Ocean , d. 1960 (Age 85 years) |
| | 4. Clara Violet Selwyn, b. 1877, d. 25 Apr 1878, Norfolk Island, Pacific Ocean (Age 1 years) |
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| Last Modified |
23 Oct 2012 |
| Family ID |
F052 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Anne Catherine Mort, b. 13 Apr 1855, Sydney, NSW, Australia , d. 19 Dec 1930, Bournemouth, Dorset (Age 75 years) |
| Married |
11 Aug 1885 |
St. Mary's, Paddington |
| Children |
| + | 1. Dorothy Teresa Selwyn, b. 29 Oct 1889, d. 1973, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England (Age 83 years) |
| + | 2. Mary Geraldine Selwyn, b. 1891, d. 30 Dec 1918, Opunake, New Zealand (Age 27 years) |
| | 3. George Augustus Selwyn, b. 31 Mar 1896, d. 22 Dec 1912, a road accident (Age 16 years) |
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| Last Modified |
22 Jun 2012 |
| Family ID |
F069 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Bishop of Melanesia, 1877-1892
- Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge 1893-1898
- New Zealand Electronic Text Centre article
- Entry on Wikipedia
- Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Oct. 13, 1862. [Youngest] s. of the Rt. Rev. George Augustus (1826), D.D., Bishop of New Zealand (and Sarah Harriet, dau. of Sir John Richardson). B. [May 20], 1844, at Waimaté, New Zealand. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1862; B.A. 1866; M.A. 1870; D.D. 1885. Rowing 'blue,' 1864, 1866. Master of Selwyn Hostel, 1893-8. Ord. deacon (Lichfield, by his father) 1869; priest, 1870; C. of Alrewas, Staffs., 1869-70. C. of St George's, Wolverhampton, 1870-1; V. there, 1871-2. Missionary in Melanesia, 1873-7. Bishop of Melanesia, 1877-91; forced by ill-health to retire. Ramsden Preacher, 1893. Hon. Chaplain to Queen Victoria, 1892-5. Married (1) Jan. 1872, Clara Long-Innes (d. 1877); (2) Aug. 1885, Annie Catherine, eldest dau. of Thomas Sutcliffe Mort, of Sydney, N.S.W. Author, Pastoral Work in the Colonies and the Mission Field. Largely instrumental in founding 'Cambridge House' in London. Died Feb. 12, 1898, at Pau, France. Father of Stephen J. (1893); brother of William (1858). (Boase, . 490; Crockford; Burke, Col. Gentry; D.N.B.)
- From Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1874
SELWYN, John Richardson, Melanesia Vicarage, Wolverhampton. - Trin. Coll. Cam. B.A. (3rd cl. Cl. Trip.) 1869; d 1869, p 1870 by Bp of Lich. Miss. in Melanesia 1872. Formerly C. of Alrewas, Staffs. 1869-70; St. George, Wolverhampton, 1870-71; V. of St. George, Wolverhampton, 1871-72.
- From Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1898
SELWYN, Right Rev. John Richardson, The Lodge, Selwyn College, Cambridge. - Trin. Coll. Cam. B.A. (3rd cl. Cl. Trip.) 1870, D.D. 1885; d 1869, p 1870 Lich. Cons. Miss. Bp. of Melan. 18th Februrary, 1877 at Nelson, by the Metropolitan of N.Z. and Bps. of Nel; Well; Auckld; and Dun. Master of Selw. Coll. Cam. 1893; Chap. in Ord. 1895; Sec. Bd. of Missions of Cant. 1896. F C. of Alrewas 1869-70; C. of St. George, Wolverhampton, 1871; V. 1871-72. Miss. in Melan. 1873-77; Miss. Bp of Melanesia 1877-91; Hon. Chap. to the Queen 1892-95. Author, Pastoral Lectures in the Colonies and the Mission Field, 1897.
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