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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".
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
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.
Selwyn, George Augustus. This biography, written by Warren E. Limbrick, was first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in 1990. George Augustus Selwyn was born on 5 April 1809 at Hampstead, England, the second son of William Selwyn, a noted constitutional lawyer, and his wife, Laetitia Frances Kynaston.
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
George Augustus Selwyn By Robert H. Codrington From S.L. Ollard and Gordon Crosse, eds. A Dictionary of English Church History London: Mowbray and Co., Ltd, 1912, pages 550-551. The Reminiscences of Mrs. S. H. Selwyn, 1809-67. By Enid Evans Auckland: War Memorial Institute and Museum, 1961. George Augustus Selwyn: Pioneer Bishop of New Zealand.
8 de nov. de 2017 · George Augustus Selwyn (1809–1878) was educated at Cambridge University, where he gained an MA in classics. He was ordained as a deacon in 1833. In 1841 he was consecrated Bishop of New Zealand, and arrived in the colony in the following year. Selwyn became fluent in the Maori language and preached at many isolated settlements.
