William Carter (bishop)

The Most Reverend

William Carter

KCMG
Archbishop of Cape Town
Black and white photograph of a man seated, wearing Church of England episcopal habit
Carter, photographed in 1908
ProvinceChurch of the Province of Southern Africa
In office1909 to 1930
PredecessorWilliam West Jones
Opposed toFrancis Phelps
Other post(s)Bishop of Zululand (1891–1902)
Bishop of Pretoria (1902–1909)
Orders
Ordination1874
Consecration29 September 1891
Personal details
BornJuly 1850
Died14 February 1941(1941-02-14) (aged 90)
DenominationAnglicanism
Alma materPembroke College, Oxford

The Most Reverend William Marlborough Carter, KCMG[1] (1850–1941) was an Anglican bishop and archbishop in South Africa.[2]

Family and education

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Dr Carter was born on 11 July 1850,[3] the son of the Rev. William Adolphus Carter, and nephew of the Rev. Canon T. T. Carter. He was educated at Eton and Pembroke College, Oxford. He was married to Hester Marion Rose, C.B.E. in London in 1904. He died on 14 Feb 1941 at Bear Ash, Twyford, Berkshire, and was buried at Eton College.

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

Clerical career

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Dr Carter was ordained in 1874.[4] He held curacies at Christ Church, West Bromwich[5] and All Saints, Bakewell. He was secretary to the Eton Mission in Hackney[6] until his appointment to the episcopate as Bishop of Zululand in 1891.[7] He was consecrated a bishop at St Paul's Cathedral on 29 September 1891, by Edward Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury.[8] He was translated to Pretoria after a unanimous election in the Episcopalian Assembly there in August 1902,[9] and then to Cape Town in 1909 until 1930.[10][11] He died on 14 February 1941.[12]

Commemoration

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There is a memorial to him at St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town.[13] 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.[14]

Notes and references

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  1. ^ "New Peerages Conferred - Knights Commanders". Hartlepool Mail. 3 June 1931. p. 2 col D. Retrieved 17 September 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  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. ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 235.
  7. ^ "Saffragan Bishop of Rochester Diocese". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 3 September 1891. p. 5 col E. Retrieved 17 September 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Consecration of five bishops". Church Times. No. 1497. 2 October 1981. p. 935. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  9. ^ "Ecclesiastic intelligence". The Times. No. 36847. London. 15 August 1902. p. 9.
  10. ^ New Archbishop of Cape Town The Times Friday, 18 December 1908; pg. 13; Issue 38833; col D
  11. ^ "Ecclesiastical News". Aberdeen Journal. 19 December 1908. p. 7 col E. Retrieved 17 September 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ Obituary Dr W.M. Carter The Times Saturday, 15 February 1941; pg. 6; Issue 48851; col F
  13. ^ Cathedral web site Archived 10 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "House System". Herschel Girls' School. 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
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Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles
Preceded by Bishop of Zululand
1891 – 1902 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Pretoria
1902 – 1909 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of Cape Town
1909 – 1930 		Succeeded by
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