GEORGE AUGUSTUS SELWYN-BISHOP OF LICHFIELD

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For sale is an Original CDV of GEORGE AUGUSTUS SELWYN(1809-1878), Bishop of Lichfield. This wonderful CDV is in excellant condition, with crisp corners, and a backmark from the The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company. George Augustus Selwyn (5 April 1809–11 April 1878) was the first Anglican Bishop of New Zealand . He was Bishop of New Zealand from 1841 to 1858, Primate of New Zealand from 1858 to 1868 and Bishop of Lichfield from 1868 to 1878. The colleges named in his honour include Selwyn College, Cambridge (1882) and Selwyn College, Otago (1893). Early years Selwyn was born at Church Row, Hampstead , the second son of William Selwyn (1775–1855). Selwyn house at Kings school,NZ is named after him in his honourAt the age of seven, he went to the preparatory school of Dr. Nicholas at Ealing , where the future Cardinal Newman , and his brother Francis were among his schoolfellows. He then went to Eton , where he was distinguished both as scholar and athlete, and knew William Ewart Gladstone . In 1827 he became scholar of St. John's College, Cambridge . He came out second in the classical tripos in 1831, graduating B.A. 1831, M.A. 1834, and D.D. per lit. reg. 1842, and he was made a fellow of his college. [1 ] He was a member of the Cambridge crew which competed in the first Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race at Henley on Thames in 1829, losing to Oxford. [2 ]After graduating Selwyn settled at Eton as tutor to the sons of Lord Powis . In 1833 he was ordained deacon, and acted as curate to the Rev. Isaac Gossett , vicar of Windsor. Both at Eton and at Windsor, Selwyn displayed much organising talent. In 1841, after an episcopal council held at Lambeth had recommended the appointment of a bishop for New Zealand, Bishop Blomfield offered the post to Selwyn. Life as bishop He was consecrated at Lambeth on 17 October 1841, and sailed on 26 December. He appointed William Charles Cotton as his chaplain .The missionary party of 23 members set sail from Plymouth late in December 1841 on board the barque Tomatin . On the ship, in addition to their luggage, were various animals and four hives of bees. On the voyage out he so far mastered the Māori language with the help of a Māori boy returning from England, that he was able to preach in that language immediately on his arrival, and acquired enough knowledge of seamanship to enable him to be his own sailing master among the dangerous waters of the Pacific. [3 ] In April 1842 the Tomatin arrived in Sydney . The boat was damaged by a rock on entering their landing place and, rather than wait for its repair, some of the party, including Selwyn and Cotton, set sail for New Zealand on the brig Bristolian on 19 May. They arrived in Auckland on 30 May. After spending some time as guests of Captain William Hobson , the first Governor of New Zealand , Selwyn and Cotton set sail for the Bay of Islands on the schooner Wave on 12 June, arriving on 20 June. [4 ] Amongst the party was a clerk, William Bambridge , who was also an accomplished artist and was later to become photographer to Queen Victoria .[ 5] Selwyn had decided to set up residence at the Waimate Mission Station , some 15 miles (24 km) inland from Paihia where the Church Missionary Society had established a settlement 11 years earlier. [6 ] On 5 July 1842 Selwyn set out on a six month tour of his diocese leaving the Mission Station in the care of Sarah, his wife, and Cotton. By October 1843 more missionaries had arrived at Waimate, and Selwyn, accompanied by Cotton, embarked on his second tour, this time to mission stations and native settlements in the southern part of North Island. Their journey was made partly by canoe but mainly by walking, often for large distances over difficult and dangerous terrain. Part way through the tour Selwyn decided to split the party into two sections with one section led by himself and the other by Cotton. After being away for nearly three months, Cotton arrived back at Waimate early in 1844 and Selwyn returned a few weeks later. [7 ]... read more

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