Edward Stuart

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The Right Reverend

Edward Stuart
Bishop of Waiapu
ProvinceEast Coast of the North Island of New Zealand
DioceseAnglican Diocese of Waiapu
PredecessorWilliam Williams
Personal details
Born
Edward Stuart

1827
Edinburgh
Died15 March 1911(1911-03-15) (aged 83)
England
SpouseAnne Alicia de Courcy (married, 1851)
OccupationAnglican bishop

Edward Craig Stuart (1827 – 15 March 1911)[1] was the second Anglican Bishop of Waiapu,[2] whose episcopate spanned a 16-year period[3] during the second half of the 19th century.[4]

He was born in Edinburgh, the son of Alexander Stuart and Mary McKnight. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin,[5] and ordained in 1850.[6] With his great friend Valpy French[7] Stuart worked in India[8] as a CMS missionary for 21 years, first at Agra and latterly (until his appointment to the episcopate) at Jalalpur. In 1874 he went to New Zealand for his health. In 1876 he was appointed as Bishop of Waiapu and he was consecrated on 9 December 1877.[9] On 31 January 1894 he resigned and his last calling was as a CMS missionary in Julfa, Ispahan, Persia, for 15 years from 1894.[10][11][12] He died on 15 March 1911,[13] having at some point become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).

References

  1. ^ thePeerage.com
  2. ^ Barbara Cooper and Brian O'Brien. "Lofley, Edward". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  3. ^ NZetc
  4. ^ Who Was Who 1897–1990 London: A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X.
  5. ^ "University Of Dublin. B.A. Degree Examination", The Times, Saturday, 11 November 1848; p. 7; Issue 20018; col. G.
  6. ^ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory, London: Hamilton & Co 1889.
  7. ^ Eugene Stock, "An Heroic Bishop: The Life-Story of French of Lahoret", Project Canterbury.
  8. ^ History of the Church Missionary Society (1873 – 1882).
  9. ^ Stock, Eugene (1913). "The Story of the New Zealand Mission". Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  10. ^ The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts]. Christchurch: NZETC, The Cyclopedia Company, Limited. 1908. p. 345.
  11. ^ "The Church Missionary Atlas (Persia)". Adam Matthew Digital. 1896. pp. 78–80. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  12. ^ "The Committee of the Church Missionary Society", The Times, Wednesday, 12 September 1894; p. 7; Issue 34367; col. G.
  13. ^ "Obituary Bishop E. C. Stuart", The Times, Monday, 20 March 1911; p. 11; Issue 39537; col. C,
Religious titles
Preceded by Bishop of Waiapu
1877–1894 		Succeeded by