Peter Royston (bishop)

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The Rt Rev Peter Sorenson Royston (6 June 1830 - 28 January 1915) was a Bishop of Mauritius. [1]

Born in London on 6 June 1830 and educated at St Paul’s and Trinity College, Cambridge, [2] he was ordained in 1853 [3] and began his career as a Resident Tutor at the Church Missionary College in London. After that he was the incumbent of the CMS Chapel, Madras and then of St Thomas’, Mauritius. [4] He was Bishop of the country from 1872 [5] [6] to 1891 when he resigned through ill health. [7] Afterwards, an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Liverpool [8] he died on 28 January 1915 at Worthing.

Notes

  1. ↑ ”Who was Who 1897-1990” London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN   0-7136-3457-X
  2. ↑ "Royston, Peter Sorensón (RSTN849PS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  4. ↑ Church details Archived 28 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ The Times, Friday, Nov 22, 1872; pg. 5; Issue 27541; col B Ecclesiastical Intelligence New Bishop of Mauritius
  6. ↑ Colonial Office, Great Britain (1886), "Mauritius", Colonial Office List for 1886, London{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ↑ The Times, Tuesday, Feb 10, 1891; pg. 6; Issue 33244; col C Ecclesiastical Intelligence Bishop of Mauritius to resign
  8. ↑ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives [ permanent dead link ]
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