William Carter (bishop)

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Bishop of Pretoria (1902–1909)
Orders
Ordination1874
Consecration29 September 1891
Personal details
BornJuly 1850
Died14 February 1941(1941-02-14) (aged 90)
DenominationAnglicanism
Alma materPembroke College, Oxford

The Most Reverend William Marlborough Carter,

Anglican bishop and archbishop in South Africa.[2]

Family and education

Dr Carter was born on 11 July 1850,[3] the son of the Rev. William Adolphus Carter, and nephew of the Rev. Canon T. T. Carter. He was educated at Eton and Pembroke College, Oxford. He was married to Hester Marion Rose, C.B.E. in London in 1904. He died on 14 Feb 1941 at Bear Ash, Twiford, Berkshire, and was buried at Eton College.

His brother,

unofficial football match
against Scotland, in November 1870.

Clerical career

Dr Carter was

Cape Town in 1909 until 1930.[10][11] He died on 14 February 1941.[12]

Commemoration

There is a memorial to him at St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town.[13] Carter House at Herschel Girls' School is named in his honor, as he was archbishop when the school was founded and a member of the first school council.[14]

Notes and references

  1. ^ "New Peerages Conferred - Knights Commanders". Hartlepool Mail. 3 June 1931. p. 2 col D. Retrieved 17 September 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ University of the Witwatersrand papers
  3. ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  4. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  5. ^ Genuki
  6. ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 235.
  7. ^ "Saffragan Bishop of Rochester Diocese". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 3 September 1891. p. 5 col E. Retrieved 17 September 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  9. ^ "Ecclesiastic intelligence". The Times. No. 36847. London. 15 August 1902. p. 9.
  10. ^ New Archbishop of Cape Town The Times Friday, 18 December 1908; pg. 13; Issue 38833; col D
  11. ^ "Ecclesiastical News". Aberdeen Journal. 19 December 1908. p. 7 col E. Retrieved 17 September 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ Obituary Dr W.M. Carter The Times Saturday, 15 February 1941; pg. 6; Issue 48851; col F
  13. ^ Cathedral web site Archived 10 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "House System". Herschel Girls' School. 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2014.

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Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles
Preceded by
Bishop of Zululand

1891 – 1902 		Succeeded by
Wilmot Lushington Vyvyan
Preceded by
Henry Brougham Bousfield
Bishop of Pretoria

1902 – 1909 		Succeeded by
Michael Bolton Furse
Preceded by
Archbishop of Cape Town

1909 – 1930 		Succeeded by
Francis Robinson Phelps
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