Samuel Nevill
The Most Reverend[1] Samuel Tarratt Nevill, DD[2] (13 May 1837, Nottingham, England - 29 October 1921, Bishopsgrove, near Dunedin, New Zealand)[3] was the first Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Dunedin in Dunedin, New Zealand.[4]
Samuel Tarratt Nevill was educated in Nottingham and at Magdalene College, Cambridge.[5] Ordained in 1860, he was Curate of St Mark, Scarisbrick[6] then Rector of Shelton, Staffordshire where he served until his elevation to the Episcopate. The Nevill Chapel of St. Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin is named after him. St Paul's has a carving depicting the Bishop holding a model of the Cathedral's proposed design. He was Primate of the church in New Zealand from 1904 until 1919.[7] Nevill was buried at St Barnabas Church, Warrington.
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- ^ The Times, Friday, Oct 27, 1871; pg. 4; Issue 27205; col F University Intelligence. Oxford, Oct. 26
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
- ^ Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Samuel Tarrant Nevill
- ^ "Nevill, Samuel Tarratt (NVL862ST)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Genuki
- ^ The Times, Thursday, Oct 09, 1919; pg. 9; Issue 42226; col G Imperial and Foreign News Items