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