Background
HUNAN, China was born on May 31, 1855 in Walton le Dale, Lancashire.
HUNAN, China was born on May 31, 1855 in Walton le Dale, Lancashire.
Privately; Church Missionary Society College, Islington.
Ordained deacon, Bishop of London, 1879. Priest, Bishop of London, 1880. Curate, Balderstone, Blackburn, Lancashire, 1879-1880;Church Missionary Society Missionary, Foochow and Ku Cheng, Fuh-Kien Mission, 1880-1893.
Principal, Church Missionary Society Theological College, Foochow, 1893-1896. Secretary,Church Missionary Society Hong-Kong, 1897. Commissary to Archbishop of Canterbury during vacancy in See of Victoria, HongKong, 1906-1907.
Publimtions: Scripture Catechism for the Young, Chinese. Notes on 1st Corinthians, in Chinese. First Bishop of (since 1909), Right Reverend (of a Bishop) William Banister, Archdeacon of Hong-Kong, 1902-1909; secretary, Church Missionary Society, South China Mission.