William Collins (bishop)
| The Right Reverend William Edward Collins | |
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| Bishop of Gibraltar | |
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| Predecessor | Charles Sandford |
| Successor | Henry Knight |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 February 1867 London, England |
| Died | 24 March 1911 (aged 44) At sea |
| Parents | Joseph Henry Collins and Frances Miriam Denny |
| Occupation | Cleric |
William Edward Collins (18 February 1867 – 24 March 1911) was an Anglican Bishop of Gibraltar[1] from 1904 until his death in 1911.[2][3]
Biography
William Edward Collins was the second son of Joseph Henry Collins, a mining engineer. One of his brothers was the mining engineer Arthur L. Collins who was murdered in the United States. His sister Helen Miriam Stuart Collins married in 1912 The Rev. Reginald Frederick Moody,[4] who was the youngest son of the clergyman James Leith Moody.[5]
He was born in London, but his father moved to Cornwall while he was a child. He was educated at Nuttall's and Chancellor's schools in Truro, and at Selwyn College, Cambridge.[6]
He was ordained in 1891[7] and began his career as a curate at All Hallows-by-the-Tower in the City of London.
After a short spell as a Lecturer at Selwyn College, Cambridge, he became Professor of Ecclesiastical History at King's College London where he remained until his elevation to the episcopate. He was consecrated as a bishop on the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul on 25 January 1904, at Westminster Abbey by Archbishop of Canterbury Randall Davidson.[8] As Bishop of Gibraltar he worked from The Convent, which was the residence of the Governor of Gibraltar.[9] He was also a Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem.
He lived in Malta,[9] and died on 24 March 1911 at sea.[9] He is interred at the St. John the Evangelist's Anglican Church, İzmir, Turkey. His biography was written by Arthur James Mason.
References
- Back to citation "Bishops of Gibraltar". Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
- Back to citation Obituary The Bishop Of Gibraltar The Times Saturday, Mar 25, 1911; pg. 11; Issue 39542; col B
- Back to citation “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- Back to citation The Cornish Telegraph, 29 August 1912, p. 3; Entry for Moody, The Reverend Reginald Frederick, in England and Wales Probate Index, 1858-1995; Entry for Reginald Frederick Moody, Parish of Stithians, Cornwall, 1921 England and Wales Census
- Back to citation Entry for Moody, Reginald Frederick, The Dulwich College Register 1619 to 1926
- Back to citation "Collins, William Edward (CLNS884WE)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- Back to citation The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
- Back to citation "Consecration of bishops". Church Times. No. 2140. 29 January 1904. p. 131. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
- Back to citation occurrence 9.0 Back to citation occurrence 9.1 Back to citation occurrence 9.2 Mason, Arthur James (1912). Life of William Edward Collins, Bishop of Gibraltar. Longmans, Green.
External links
- Works related to William Collins (bishop) at Wikisource