William Ayerst (1830–1904) was an English clergyman and missionary. He was born at Dantzig on 16 March 1830, the eldest son of William Ayerst, vicar of Egerton, Kent. He studied at King's College, London from 1847–9, and graduated from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge with a B.A. in 1853, and an M.A. in 1856. After being ordained as a deacon in 1853 and priest in 1854, he was appointed to All Saints, Gordon Square (1853–5), St Paul's, Lisson Grove (1855–7), and St Giles in the Fields (1857–9).
After returning to England he was briefly principal of the London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews's missionary college and minister of the Jews' Episcopal Chapel at Cambridge Heath, before being appointed vicar of Hungarton with Twyford and Thorpe Satchville, in Leicestershire, in 1882. In 1884 he opened a hostel, Ayerst Hall, in Cambridge to assist poorer men with their education, and was curate of Newton, Cambridgeshire, from 1888 to 1890.[1]
Supporters of the deposed Bishop of Natal, John Colenso (died 1883) offered the bishopric to Ayerst. Attempts were made to obtain consecration but this was definitely refused by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Edward White Benson on 21 October 1891. During his later years Ayerst lived quietly in London, where he died on 6 April 1904.
^Buckland, A. R. (2004), "Ayerst, William (1830–1904)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.), Oxford University Press, retrieved 29 April 2015(subscription or UK public library membership required)
^"Northwold". Lynn Advertiser. British Newspaper Archive. 11 January 1935. pp. 15, 16. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
william, ayerst, 1830, 1904, english, clergyman, missionary, born, dantzig, march, 1830, eldest, vicar, egerton, kent, studied, king, college, london, from, 1847, graduated, from, gonville, caius, college, cambridge, with, 1853, 1856, after, being, ordained, d. William Ayerst 1830 1904 was an English clergyman and missionary He was born at Dantzig on 16 March 1830 the eldest son of William Ayerst vicar of Egerton Kent He studied at King s College London from 1847 9 and graduated from Gonville and Caius College Cambridge with a B A in 1853 and an M A in 1856 After being ordained as a deacon in 1853 and priest in 1854 he was appointed to All Saints Gordon Square 1853 5 St Paul s Lisson Grove 1855 7 and St Giles in the Fields 1857 9 He departed England to serve as rector of St Paul s School Calcutta India In 1861 he was appointed to a chaplaincy on the Bengal ecclesiastical establishment and was senior chaplain with the Khyber field force from 1879 to 1881 for which he was awarded the Afghanistan Medal After returning to England he was briefly principal of the London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews s missionary college and minister of the Jews Episcopal Chapel at Cambridge Heath before being appointed vicar of Hungarton with Twyford and Thorpe Satchville in Leicestershire in 1882 In 1884 he opened a hostel Ayerst Hall in Cambridge to assist poorer men with their education and was curate of Newton Cambridgeshire from 1888 to 1890 1 Supporters of the deposed Bishop of Natal John Colenso died 1883 offered the bishopric to Ayerst Attempts were made to obtain consecration but this was definitely refused by the Archbishop of Canterbury Edward White Benson on 21 October 1891 During his later years Ayerst lived quietly in London where he died on 6 April 1904 Notable students of Ayerst Hall EditA later vicar of St James Newton in the Isle 1935 1942 was Walter William Covey Crump a former student of Ayerst Hall 2 References Edit Buckland A R 2004 Ayerst William 1830 1904 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press retrieved 29 April 2015 subscription or UK public library membership required Northwold Lynn Advertiser British Newspaper Archive 11 January 1935 pp 15 16 Retrieved 11 July 2022 External links EditLee Sidney ed 1912 Ayerst William Dictionary of National Biography 2nd supplement Vol 1 London Smith Elder amp Co This biography of a United Kingdom religious figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Ayerst amp oldid 1132344751, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
