See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

AUGUSTUS See also:

• SELWYN, ALFRED RICHARD CECIL (1824-1902)
• SELWYN, GEORGE AUGUSTUS (1719-1791)
• GEORGE AUGUSTUS SELWYN (1809-1878)

SELWYN (1809-1878)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop, second son of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• SELWYN, ALFRED RICHARD CECIL (1824-1902)
• SELWYN, GEORGE AUGUSTUS (1719-1791)
• SELWYN, GEORGE AUGUSTUS (1809-1878)

Selwyn (1795-1855), a distinguished legal writer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• HAMPSTEAD

Hampstead, See also:

• LONDON

London, on the 5th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1809 . He was educated at See also:

• ETON

Eton and at St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, where in 1829 he rowed in the first university See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat-See also:

• RACE

race . He took his degree (second in the classical tripos) in 1831 . He returned to Eton as private See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor, was ordained See also:

• DEACON (Gr. S&& ovos, minister, servant)

deacon in 1833, and devoted himself with characteristic See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy to See also:

• WORK

work in the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of See also:

• WINDSOR
• WINDSOR (properly NEw WINDSOR)

Windsor . In 1841 it was proposed that he should go out as first bishop to New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand, then just beginning to be colonized . Despite the See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice of his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends he accepted the offer . He studied See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation and the See also:

• MAORI

Maori See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language on the voyage, and gave himself up to a See also:

• LIFE

life of continual See also:

• STRAIN (through O. Fr. straindre, estraindre, mod. i treindre, from Lat. stringere, to draw tight, related to stress, stretch, string, &c.)

strain and hardship . He spent days and sometimes nights in the See also:

• SADDLE (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Sattel, Dut. zadel, also in Russ. siedlo and Lat. sella, for sedla; it is not derived directly from Lat. sedile, which means a chair, but all the words are to be referred to the root sad-, which gives

saddle, swam broad See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers and provided himself with a sailing See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel . Unfortunately, just when he had gained the confidence of the natives, his ascendancy was rudely shaken by the first Maori See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war . Selwyn endeavoured to mediate, but incurred the hostility of both parties . He went to the battlefield to See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister to the sick and wounded in both camps; but the Maoris were persuaded that he had gone out to fight against them, and years afterwards one of them pointed out a scar on his See also:

• LEG
• LEG (a word of Scandinavian origin, from the Old Norwegian leggr, cf. Swed. lagg, Dan. laeg; the O. Eng. word was sceanca, shank)

leg to an See also:

• ANGLICAN

Anglican bishop which he declared had been inflicted by Selwyn's own hands . It was See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long before he regained the confidence he had forfeited by his strict adherence to See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty .

In 1854 he returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short furlough; but he spent much of it in See also:

• PLEADING (Fr. plaider, plaidoyer)

pleading the needs of his See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese . He returned to New Zealand with a See also:

• BAND

band of able associates, including J . C . See also:

• PATTESON

Patteson, and began to See also:

• DIVIDE

divide his large diocese into See also:

• SEES

sees of more manageable proportions . The colonists came to respect his uprightness, and the Maoris learned to regard him as their See also:

• FATHER

father . In 1868, while he was in England to attend the first See also:

• PAN (" pasturer ")
• PAN (common in various forms to many Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Pfanne; it is generally taken to be an early adaptation in a shortened form of Lat. patina, shallow bowl or dish, from patere, to lie open)

pan-Anglican See also:

• SYNOD
• SYNOD (Gr. vbvobos)

synod, the bishopric of See also:

• LICHFIELD

Lichfield became vacant, and after some hesitation he accepted it . In his new See also:

• SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere of work he displayed the same unselfish activity as before, and in the " See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

Country " portion of his diocese he won the See also:

• HEARTS

hearts of the working classes . He called his See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy and laity together for consultation in the diocesan See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference, an innovation the value of which he had proved by his colonial experience . On his See also:

• DEATH

death, on the 11th of April 1878, his See also:

• GREAT

great work for the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church was celebrated by a remarkable memorial, Selwyn College, Cambridge, being erected by public subscription and incorporated in 1882 . See Lives by H . W . See also:

• TUCKER, ABRAHAM (1705-1774)
• TUCKER, JOSIAH (1712-1799)

Tucker (2 vols., 1879) and G .

H . Curteis (1889) . His son, JOHN See also:

• RICHARDSON, GEORGE
• RICHARDSON, HENRY HOBSON (1838-1886)
• RICHARDSON, SAMUEL (1689-1761)
• RICHARDSON, SIR JOHN (1787-1865)

RICHARDSON SELWYN (1844-1898), bishop of See also:

• MELANESIA

Melanesia, was born in New Zealand on the loth of May 1844 . He was educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was ordained deacon in 1869 . At first he laboured with energy and tact as See also:

• VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

vicar of See also:

• WOLVERHAMPTON
• WOLVERHAMPTON, HENRY HARTLEY FOWLER

Wolverhampton in his father's diocese of Lichfield; but the martyrdom of John See also:

• COLERIDGE, HARTLEY (1796-1849)
• COLERIDGE, JOHN DUKE COLERIDGE, 1ST BARON
• COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR (1772-1834)
• COLERIDGE, SARA (1802–1852)
• COLERIDGE, SIR JOHN TAYLOR (1790-1876)

Coleridge Patteson, bishop of Melanesia, led him to volunteer for service in the Australasian See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

Archipelago . After three years' service, during which the bishopric remained vacant, he was nominated as Patteson's successor (1877) . For twelve years he threw himself with intense energy into his arduous work, but his See also:

• HEALTH

health See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke down and he returned to England in 189o . There he found an appropriate sphere in the mastership of Selwyn College, where he remained until his death on the 12th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1898 .