Letter, 1857, June 12 : London, Eng., to Henry Labouchere, Baron Taunton.

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Letter, 1857, June 12 : London, Eng., to Henry Labouchere, Baron Taunton.

Letter to Taunton, British Colonial Secretary, concerning the appointment of an African as Bishop of Sierra Leone, the training of Africans for positions of authority in the Church of England, the Rev. Samuel Adjai Crowther, and the Church Missionary Society.

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Taunton, Henry Labouchere, Baron, 1798-1869

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Henry Labouchere was the Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1855-1858 at the time that Sir James Douglas was Governor of B.C. Ker Baillie Hamilton, soldier and colonial administrator was Governor of Newfoundland (1852-1855), and then Governor of Antigua and the Leeward Islands (1855-1867). C.J. Bayley was Governor of the Bahamas (1857-1864) when he wrote the letters. From the description of Henry Labouchere collection. [1856-1857]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat r...

Venn, Henry, 1796-1873

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British divine, honorary secretary of the Church Missionary Society, 1841-1873. From the description of Letter, 1857, June 12 : London, Eng., to Henry Labouchere, Baron Taunton. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154271366 From the description of Letter, 1857, June 12 : London, Eng., to Henry Labouchere, Baron Taunton. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20836164 ...

Crowther, Samuel, 1806?-1891

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Rev. Samuel Crowther was Bishop of the Niger Territory and the first African to be ordained by the Church Missionary Society. From the description of Letters and portrait [manuscript]. 1887-1889. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225841413 ...

Church of England

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According to the Canons of 1604, XLIX-LII, of the Church of England, only those persons whose faith and learning are known to their bishop are licensed to preach. Such is the case because the Anglican bishop has pastoral charge of his entire diocese, and the ministers of that diocese, and the ministers of that diocese are considered to be his assistants. From the description of Church of England licensing document, 1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122406060 The major mis...

Church Missionary Society.

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The Church Missionary Society was founded in 1799 by a small group of laymen and clergy of the Church of England. It was originally named the Society for Missions to Africa and the East. Its purpose was to enable the Church to send missionaries to Africa and other heathen areas. Henry M. Stanley, following his discovery of the missionary explorer, David Livingstone, was instrumental in opening the Uganda Mission. His famous letter, published in the Daily Telegraph in 1875, prompted a contributio...