William Sedgwick (bishop)

The Rt Rev William Walmsley Sedgwick (1858–1948[1]) was the 5th Anglican Bishop of Waiapu whose Episcopate spanned a 15-year period during the first half of the 20th century.


William Walmsley Sedgwick
Bishop of Waiapu
ProvinceEast Coast, New Zealand
DioceseAnglican Diocese of Waiapu
Installed22 February 1914
PredecessorAlfred Averill
Personal details
Birth nameWilliam Walmsley Sedgwick
Born1858
Freemantle, Hampshire
Died3 May 1948(1948-05-03) (aged 89)
DenominationAnglicanism
SpouseMargarita Helen Sedgwick
Alma materChrist's College, Cambridge

Born at Freemantle in Southampton,[2] he was educated at St Martin's, York and matriculated in 1879. He attended Christ's College, Cambridge and graduated in 1882 with a B.A.[3][4] He was ordained as a deacon at Dover in 1882, and as a priest at Canterbury in 1883.[5] He embarked on his career with a curacy at St. John The Baptist, Wateringbury.

He was a Naval Chaplain from 1884 to 1886; he took part in the Suakin Expedition, 1884–85; and served as Chaplain on H.M.S. Thunderer in the Mediterranean Fleet, 1885–86.[6] He held incumbencies at Hockley Heath in the West Midlands, England, 1886–89; Vryburg, British Bechuanaland, 1889–93; Bedford, Eastern Cape, 1893–96; Evershot, Dorset, 1897–98; and he became the chaplain to the Earl of Home, 1897–1900.[7][8]

He emigrated to New Zealand and was appoint as the vicar of Waikari, 1901–03; vicar of Akaroa, 1903–04; vicar of St Luke's Church, Christchurch, 1904–14; canon of ChristChurch Cathedral, Christchurch, 1911–14; and chaplain to the Bishop of Christchurch, 1914.[9]

On 22 February 1914 he became the Bishop of Waiapu. He retired as bishop in 1929. His last post was as Vicar of Detling, Kent, 1931–32.[10] From 1938 until his death in 1948 he was licensed to officiate in the Diocese of Grahamstown.[11]

Notes

  1. NZetc
  2. British Sedgwick Genealogy
  3. "Sedgwick, William Walmsley (SGWK878WW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. University Intelligence. Cambridge, 15 Dec. The Times Friday, 16 December 1881; pg. 4; Issue 30379; col D
  5. The Times, Tuesday, 26 September 1882; pg. 7; Issue 30622; col C Ordinations Canterbury
  6. “Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  7. “Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  8. "Sedgwick, William Walmsley (SGWK878WW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  9. "Sedgwick, William Walmsley (SGWK878WW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  10. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940–41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  11. "Sedgwick, William Walmsley (SGWK878WW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
Religious titles
Preceded by
Alfred Averill
Bishop of Waiapu
1914–1929
Succeeded by
Herbert Williams


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