WALPOLE, GEORGE HENRY SOMERSET (1854-1929) was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was a tutor until he was ordained. He was successively incumbent of St John's church, Auckland (1882); professor in the general theological seminary in New York (1889), principal of Bede College, Durham (1896); rector of Lambeth (1903); and Bishop of Edinburgh from 1910 till his death on 4 Mar 1929. His son, SIR HUGH SEYMOUR WALPOLE (1884-), the English novelist, was born in Auckland.

Who's Who; Otago Daily Times, 20 Apr 1929.

Reference: Volume 2, page 231

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