Frederic Wallis

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} [[File:Frederick Wallis Bishop of Wellington.jpg|thumb|right|Frederic Wallis, Bishop of Wellington, 1908]][[File:Frederic Wallis memorial, Little Bredy.JPG|thumb|right|Frederic Wallis memorial, [[St Michael and All Angels Church, Littlebredy]]]] '''Frederic Wallis''' (1854 – 24 June 1928) was an [[Anglican]] priest.

==Biography== Frederic Wallis was born in [[Hastings]],<ref>[https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc01Cycl-t1-body-d4-d22-d3.html The Cyclopedia of New Zealand (Wellington Provincial District)]</ref> the son of Joseph Wallis, MA.<ref>[[Who's Who (UK)|Who was Who 1987-1990]]: London, [[A & C Black]], 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}}</ref> He was educated at [[St Paul's School (London)|St Paul's]] and [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]]<ref>{{acad|id=WLS872F|name=Wallis, Frederic}}</ref> (whence he gained his [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|MA Cantab]]). [[Ordained]] in 1876,<ref>"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889</ref> he became [[Dean (religion)|Dean]] of [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge|Caius]] in 1878 and a [[Lecturer]] in [[Divinity (academic discipline)|Divinity]] [[Lecturer]] at Cambridge.<ref>''University Intelligence''[[The Times]] Saturday, Apr 13, 1878; pg. 10; Issue 29228; col E</ref> In 1895 he was appointed to the colonial [[episcopate]] as [[Bishop of Wellington]],<ref>[[The Times]], Tuesday, Aug 21, 1894; pg. 6; Issue 34348; col F ''New Bishop of Wellington''</ref> a post he held for 16 years before retirement in 1911. On his return to the UK, he was [[Archdeacon of Wilts]] (1911–1912), a Canon at [[Salisbury Cathedral]] (1913 onwards) and [[Archdeacon of Sherborne]] (1916–1919).<ref>{{cite book | last=[[Richard Malden|Malden Richard (ed)]] | author-link= | title= Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) | location= London | publisher= The Field Press| pages=1563| year=1920 | isbn=}}</ref> Having become a [[Doctor of Divinity]] (DD), he died in [[Bournemouth]],<ref>''Obituary Bishop Wallis. Cambridge Don And Bishop In New Zealand '' [[The Times]] Sunday, Jun 24, 1928; pg. 19; Issue 44928; col B</ref> and is buried at [[Littlebredy]].<ref>[http://www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/little_bredy.htm Dorset Historic Churches Trust] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428232557/http://www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/little_bredy.htm |date=2013-04-28 }}</ref>

==Legacy== A memorial [[labyrinth]] named in honor of Wallis and his wife Margaret is located at Hutt Hospital in [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]].<ref name=Lab>{{cite web|title = Frederic & Margaret Wallis Labyrinth | author = Hutt Valley District Health Board | url = http://www.labyrinth.org.nz/}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}} {{S-start}} {{S-rel|en}} {{S-bef|before=[[Octavius Hadfield]]}} {{S-ttl|title=[[Bishop of Wellington]]|years=1895–1911}} {{S-aft|after=[[Thomas Sprott (bishop)|Thomas Sprott]]}} {{S-end}} {{Bishops of Wellington}} {{Archdeacons of Wilts}} {{Archdeacons of Sherborne}} {{Authority control}}

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