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George Augustus Selwyn (11 August 1719 – 25 January 1791) of Matson House in Gloucestershire, England, was a Member of Parliament. A renowned eccentric and "necrophiliac, gay transvestite, he sat mute, loved, and undisturbed in the House of Commons for 44 years".
George Augustus Selwyn (5 April 1809 – 11 April 1878) was the first Anglican Bishop of New Zealand. He was Bishop of New Zealand (which included Melanesia) from 1841 to 1869. His diocese was then subdivided and Selwyn was Metropolitan (later called Primate) of New Zealand from 1858 to 1868.
8 de fev. de 2017 · George Augustus Selwyn is a crucial figure in the history of early New Zealand. In 1841 he was consecrated as the first (and ultimately only) Bishop of New.
- Geoffrey Troughton
- 2017
A biography of George Selwyn, the first bishop of New Zealand, who arrived in 1842 and shaped the church's constitution and mission. Learn about his education, ministry, travels, controversies and legacy.
George Augustus Selwyn was born on April 5th, 1809, at Church Row, Hampstead, in the quaint old street that still leads to the ivy-clad church. His father was Mr. William Selwyn, an eminent Queen's Counsel, and his mother Letitia Frances, daughter of Mr. Roger Kynaston, of Witham, Essex.
22 de abr. de 2024 · George Augustus Selwyn (born April 5, 1809, Hampstead, London—died April 11, 1878, Lichfield, Staffordshire, Eng.) was the first Anglican bishop of New Zealand. Selwyn was educated at Eton and St. John’s College, Cambridge. In 1833 he was ordained a deacon and became a curate at Windsor.
George Augustus Selwyn was the first Bishop of New Zealand 1841-68, and at the end of his life, Bishop of Lichfield (1868-78). He helped to create not only the Church in, but also the Dominion of New Zealand; a big, powerful, controversial, fearless man.
