William Carter (bishop)

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The Most Revd
William Carter
KCMG, DD
Archbishop of Cape Town
Church Anglican
Province Southern Africa
Orders
Ordination 1874
Consecration 29 September 1891
Personal details
Born July 1850
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William Marlborough Carter, KCMG,[1] (1850–1941) was an Anglican bishop in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[2]

Family and education

His brother, Thomas Nevile Carter (1851–1879) played football for England in the second unofficial football match against Scotland, in November 1870.

Born in July 1850,[3] he was a nephew of Canon T. T. Carter. He was educated at Eton and Pembroke College, Oxford,

Clerical career

Carter was ordained in 1874.[4] Following curacies at Christ Church, West Bromwich[5] and All Saints, Bakewell[6] he was Secretary to the Eton Mission in Hackney until his ordination to the episcopate as Bishop of Zululand in 1891.[7] He was translated to Pretoria in 1902 and Cape Town in 1909.[8][9] He died on 14 February 1941.[10]

Commemoration

There is a memorial to him at St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town.[11] Carter House at Herschel Girls' School is named in his honour, as he was archbishop when the school was founded and a member of the first school council.[12]

Notes

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  2. University of the Witwatersrand papers
  3. “Who was Who” 1897 – 2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  4. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  5. Genuki
  6. Photo of church[dead link]
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  8. New Archbishop Of Cape Town The Times Friday, 18 Dec 1908; pg. 13; Issue 38833; col D
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  10. Obituary Dr W.M. Carter The Times Saturday, 15 Feb 1941; pg. 6; Issue 48851; col F
  11. Cathedral web site[dead link]
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References

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Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles
Preceded by Bishop of Zululand
1891 – 1902
Succeeded by
Wilmot Lushington Vyvyan
Preceded by Bishop of Pretoria
1902 – 1909
Succeeded by
Michael Bolton Furse
Preceded by Archbishop of Cape Town
1909 – 1930
Succeeded by
Francis Robinson Phelps