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Born | 1854 |
Died | April 15, 1916 | (aged 62)
Title | Right Reverend |
The Rt Rev William George Peel, DD (1854 - 15 April 1916) was the Anglican Bishop of Mombassa in what is now Kenya. He was accused of heresy in the Kikuyu controversy.
He was born in 1854, educated at Blackheath Proprietary School, and ordained in 1875. After a Curacy in Trowbridge he went out as a missionary to India where he rose to be Principal of Noble College Masulipatam. Elevation to the Episcopate as the third Bishop of Mombasa came in 1899. He died in post on 15 April 1916.