Peter Royston (bishop) explained

The Rt Rev Peter Sorenson Royston (6 June 1830 - 28 January 1915)was a Bishop of Mauritius.[1]

Born in London on 6 June 1830 and educated at St Paul’s and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1853[2] and began his career as a Resident Tutor at the Church Missionary College in London. After that he was the incumbent of the CMS Chapel, Madras and then of St Thomas’, Mauritius.[3] He was Bishop of the country from 1872[4] to 1891 when he resigned through ill health.[5] Afterwards, an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Liverpool[6] he died on 28 January 1915 at Worthing.

Notes and References

  1. [Who's Who (UK)|”Who was Who 1897-1990”]
  2. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  3. http://www.bestofmauritius.net/Christian%20Churches%20%20Mauritius.htm Church details
  4. [The Times]
  5. [The Times]
  6. http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/Archives/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo=='MSS/1772') National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives