Morris Gelsthorpe

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First World War

Alfred Morris Gelsthorpe,

Anglican bishop and missionary. Known popularly as 'Gelly', he was the first Bishop in the Sudan.[1][2]

Early life

He was educated at

Dean of Hobart.[4]

Military service

In September 1914, not long after the outbreak of the

First World War, Gelsthorpe, who had been an active member of the Durham University Officers' Training Corps in his time as a student, enlisted initially as a regular soldier in the Artists Rifles, but then received a commission the following month and transferred to the 8th battalion of the Durham Light Infantry as second lieutenant.[5][6]

He served on the

lieutenant colonel, despite his youthfulness.[1]

Ordained ministry

After returning from the war, he returned to Durham University to study theology and was awarded a

ordained as a priest in by the new Bishop of Durham, Hensley Henson, in 1920.[7]

Gelsthorpe began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Gabriel’s, Sunderland. In 1923 he became a CMS Missionary and moved to Awka in Colonial Nigeria.[8] A popular minister in Sunderland, before his departure he received the gift of a watch from the committee of Sunderland Rugby Club.[1]

He was

Assistant Bishop of Southwell from November 1952 'til death.[10][11][12]

Personal

Gelsthorpe claimed to have a 'special interest' in all athletics. He was particularly active in rugby and competed for

Blackheath Rugby Club as a youth, later on representing Durham County during his university studies.[5]

In 1949 he married Dr Elfrida Whidborne of the Church Missionary Society Hospital in Omdurman.[13]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Gregson, Keith (2011). One Among Many: The Story of Sunderland Rugby Football Club RFC (1873) In Its Historical Context. Andrews.
  2. ^ ‘GELSTHORPE, (Alfred) Morris’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 29 Nov 2013
  3. ^ "Stand To!" (the journal of the Western Front Association) January 2004, number 69 'Churchman Militant' pp53/4
  4. ^ a b "Matriculation Examination". Durham University Calendar 1912-13: 334. 1913. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Gelsthorpe, Rt. Rev. (Alfred) Morris, (26 Feb. 1892–22 Aug. 1968)". Who's Who (UK). Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  6. London Gazette
    . Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  7. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p 479 Oxford, OUP 1929
  8. ^ a b "The Rt. Rev. M. Gelsthorpe". The Times. 23 August 1968. p. 10.
  9. ^ Ecclesiastical News: two Assistant Bishops for Africa The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Dec 07, 1932; pg. 17; Issue 46310
  10. ^ The Journal of African History / Volume 43 / Issue 01 / March 2002 pp 51-75 Copyright © 2002 CUP
  11. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 25 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  12. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 25 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  13. ^ "Marriage". The Times. 6 January 1949. p. 6.
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