Walter Chambers

Anglican bishop

For the New York architect, see Walter B. Chambers. For the Newfoundland politician, see Walter M. Chambers.

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Walter Chambers (1824–1893)[1] was the second Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak from 1868 to 1881. He had arrived in Sarawak in 1851, married Lizzie Wooley, another missionary and cousin of the Bishop's wife, Harriette McDougall, in 1857, and resigned in 1879.[2]

He died on 21 December 1893, aged 69[3][4] and he was buried in Aberystwyth.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Past Bishop’s History, Diocese of Kuching
2. ^ "CSCA Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Archives on Borneo Mission. A Guide". anglicanhistory.org. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
3. ^ Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries The Morning Post (London, England), Saturday, December 23, 1893 Issue 37920
4. ^ Obituary The Times (London, England), Saturday, December 23, 1893 Issue 34142
5. ^ The Times, 28 December 1893; pg. 3; Issue 34146; col FCourt Circular

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Preceded by

Francis Thomas McDougall

|  Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak
1868- 1881  | Succeeded by

George Frederick Hose

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Bishops of Labuan and Sarawak

* Francis McDougall
* Walter Chambers, Bishop of Labuan, Sarawak and Singapore
* George Hose, Bishop of Labuan, Sarawak and Singapore
* William Mounsey
* Logie Danson
* Noel Hudson
* Francis Hollis
* Nigel Cornwall, Bishop of Borneo
* split into Kuching & Jesselton

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