William George Peel (185415 April 1916) was the Anglican Bishop of Mombasa in what is now Kenya.“Mombasa Cathedral and the CMS Compound”: History in Africa – Volume 35, 2008, pp. 209–229 He was accused of heresy in the Kikuyu controversy.
Biography Peel was born in 1854, educated at Blackheath Proprietary School,"Who was Who" 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 . 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. Appointment to the episcopate as the third bishop of Mombasa came in 1899"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900 — he was consecrated a bishop on St Peter's Day (29 June) 1899 by Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral. In October 1899 and December 1909 he presented the prizes at the annual Commemoration Day of Monkton Combe School in Somerset, of which his father in law, the Revd R G Bryan, was Principal.Bath Chronicle 23 December 1909Bath Chronicle 26 October 1899
After celebrating an ecumenical communion service with Methodists and Presbyterians in Kikuyu, and giving communion to non-Anglicans, he was accused of heresy by Bishop Frank Weston of Zanzibar in the Kikuyu controversy.
He died in post on 15 April 1916.The Times, Monday, Apr 17, 1916; pg. 4; Issue 41143; col E Death Of the Bishop of Mombasa
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