William Wharton Cassels (11 March 1858 – 7 November 1925) was an Anglican missionary bishop.
William Wharton Cassels | |
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| Bishop of Western China | |
 William Cassels (photography published in 1886 in A Missionary Band: A Record and an Appeal by Benjamin Broomhall) | |
| Church | Church in China |
| Diocese | Western China |
| Installed | 1895 |
| Term ended | 1925 |
| Successor | Howard Mowll |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 18 October 1895 by Edward White Benson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 March 1858 |
| Died | 7 November 1925 (aged 67) Paoning, Szechwan, Republican China |
| Buried | St John's Cathedral, Paoning |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | John Cassels Ethelinda Cox |
| Spouse | Mary Louisa Legg |
| Children | Harold Cassels |
| Alma mater | |
Early life and education edit
Cassels was born in Oporto, Portugal, the sixth son of John Cassels, a merchant, and Ethelinda Cox, a distant relation of Warren Hastings.[1] He was educated at Percival House School,[2] Repton School[3] and St John's College, Cambridge.[4]
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William Cassels's family in the garden of their Oporto home, 1860s. -
Cassels when at Percival House School, 1870s. -
Cassels when at Repton School, 1870s.
Work edit
He was ordained[5] deacon (Rochester) on 4 June 1882 and priest on 10 June 1883.[6] He was a curate at All Saints' South Lambeth from 1882 to 1885. A member of the famous ‘Cambridge Seven’,[7] he joined the China Inland Mission in 1885, together with Arthur T. Polhill-Turner and Montagu Proctor-Beauchamp, the three established a proper Church of England diocese in Szechwan.[8] In 1895, he became the Bishop of Western China (West China Diocese).[9] One of the foremost missionaries of his time, who possessed great gifts of organisation, he understood the Chinese and was held in great veneration by them.
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The right Rev. Bishop Cassels of Paoning Fu, in Qing-dynasty mandarin clothing; photography by Isabella Bird, 1899. -
Bishop Cassels, his wife Mary Louisa Cassels (née Legg) and family, and other missionary workers at their mission home in Paoning; photography by Arthur T. Polhill-Turner, before 1901.
Family and death edit
Cassels married Mary Louisa Legg, daughter of Edward Legg, at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Shanghai, on 4 October 1887.[10] They had several children.[11] He died on 7 November 1925 at Paoning, Szechwan,[12] buried in the garden of St John's Cathedral of Paoning. Mrs Cassels died eight days later.[13] He had a son Harold Cassels born in Szechwan.
Publications edit
- Cassels, W. W. (1898). Wang: A Chinese Christian (new ed.). London: Morgan & Scott.
- Cassels, W. W. (1908). The Claims of China on the Church of Christ. "Day of Opportunity and the C.M.S." series (No. 2). London: Church Missionary Society.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Broomhall 1926, p. 7.
- ^ Broomhall 1926, p. 22.
- ^ Who was Who 1897–1990. London: A & C Black. 1991. ISBN 0-7136-3457-X.
- ^ "Cassels, William Wharton (CSLS877WW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940–1941. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1941.
- ^ Malden, Richard, ed. (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 269.
- ^ Norris, Frank L. (1908). "Chapter X. The Church in Western China". Handbooks of English Church Expansion: China. Oxford: A. R. Mowbray. p. 134.
- ^ Austin, Alvyn (1996). "Missions Dream Team". Christian History. Worcester, PA: Christian History Institute. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ The Clergy List. London: John Phillips. 1900.
- ^ Broomhall 1926, p. 107.
- ^ Broomhall 1926, p. 256.
- ^ "Death Of Bishop Cassels. Forty Years In China". The Times. No. 44115. London. 10 November 1925. p. 13.
- ^ Broomhall 1926, p. 354.
Bibliography edit
- Broomhall, Marshall (1926). W. W. Cassels: First Bishop in Western China. London: The China Inland Mission.
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