Frederic Wallis (1854 – 24 June 1928) was an Anglican priest.
Frederic Wallis (1854 – 24 June 1928) was an Anglican priest.
Frederic Wallis was born in Hastings, [1] the son of Joseph Wallis, MA. [2] He was educated at St Paul's and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge [3] (whence he gained his MA Cantab). Ordained in 1876, [4] he became Dean of Caius in 1878 and a Lecturer in Divinity Lecturer at Cambridge. [5] In 1895 he was appointed to the colonial episcopate as Bishop of Wellington, [6] a post he held for 16 years before retirement in 1911. On his return to the UK, he was Archdeacon of Wilts (1911–1912), a Canon at Salisbury Cathedral (1913 onwards) and Archdeacon of Sherborne (1916–1919). [7] Having become a Doctor of Divinity (DD), he died in Bournemouth, [8] and is buried at Littlebredy. [9]
A memorial labyrinth named in honor of Wallis and his wife Margaret is located at Hutt Hospital in Wellington, New Zealand. [10]
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