Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Correspondence (private letter)
Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury Reverend John Bird to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 4 November 1858, CO 60:2, no. 11385, 660.
Abstract
Correspondence (private letter).
Minutes (1), Other documents (1).
The minutes “accept Mr Hills.”
Enclosed is the Colonial Office to the Archbishop of Canterbury approving the appointment of Hills.
Canterbury, Archbishop of, to Lytton
Addington Croydon
Novr 4. 58
Sir
I had the honor of receiving a letter from you on 7th Octr
last,
1
in which you were so good as to express your approbation of Miss Burdett
Coutts liberal offer to endow a bishopric for the new colony of Columbia.
May I now take the liberty of mentioning the Revd George Hills as
a person recommended to me as being eminently suited to such a position,
and who has also the advantage of Miss Coutts' confidence. He is an
honorary Canon of Norwich, & Incumbent of Yarmouth where his ministry for
the last ten years has been remarkably successful.
and who has also the advantage of Miss Coutts' confidence. He is an
honorary Canon of Norwich, & Incumbent of Yarmouth where his ministry for
the last ten years has been remarkably successful.
I hope that I am not trespassing upon your indulgence in offering
this nomination,
Right Honble
Sir Edward Lytton
Other documents included in the file
Draft, Colonial Office to Archbishop of Canterbury, 11 November
1858, approving the appointment of Hills.
Footnotes
- = endowment of See A draft of this letter appears in Canterbury, Archbishop of, to Lytton, 27 September 1858, 9880, CO 60/2, p. 606.