Waite Hockin Stirling
1829–1923
Clergyman and missionary. Secretary, Patagonian Mission Society, 1857–62. Superintendent missionary of Tierra del Fuego, 1862–9. Bishop of the Falkland Islands, 1869–1900. Assistant bishop of Bath and Wells, 1901–11; canon of Wells, 1901–20; precentor, 1903–20.
Sources
Alum. Oxon.
Crockford’s clerical directory 1923
Hazlewood 2000
Macdonald 1929.
Bibliography
Alum. Oxon.: Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1886: … with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the university. Alphabetically arranged, revised, and annotated by Joseph Foster. 8 vols. London and Oxford: Parker & Co. 1887–91.
Crockford’s clerical directory: The clerical directory, a biographical and statistical book of reference for facts relating to the clergy and the church. Crockford’s clerical directory etc. London: John Crockford [and others]. 1858–1900.
Hazlewood, Nick. 2000. Savage. The life and times of Jemmy Button. London: Hodder and Stoughton.
Macdonald, Frederick C. 1929. Bishop Stirling of the Falklands. The adventurous life of a soldier of the cross whose humility hid the daring spirit of a hero & an inflexible will to face great risks. London: Seely, Service & Co.
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