Studio portrait of Melanesian missionary John Richardson Selwyn. Auckland, New Zealand, early 1870s.

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Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 105 x 64 mm (mount), recto of mount imprinted in bottom margin Photographed by G. Pulman [i.e. Elizabeth Pulman], Auckland ; verso blank; both the albumen print and the mount are in very good condition. John Richardson Selwyn (1844-1898) was an Anglican priest who became the second Bishop of Melanesia and then the second Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge. Selwyn was born in Waimate North, New Zealand, the youngest son of George Augustus Selwyn and his wife Sarah Harriet the only daughter of Sir John Richardson. His father was the first Bishop of New Zealand in whose memory Selwyn College, Cambridge was named. Selwyn was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating in 1866. Like his father, Selwyn rowed for Cambridge and took part in the Boat Races of 1864 and 1866, both of which were won by Oxford. In 1864 he won the Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta partnering Robert Kinglake and beating Edwin Brickwood and his brother in the final. Selwyn was ordained deacon by his father at Lichfield in 1869 and became a priest the following year. He served as curate of All Saints Church, Alrewas, Staffordshire from 1869 to 1870, then curate of St George s Church, Wolverhampton from 1870 to 1871, before promotion to Vicar of St George s. In 1873 Selwyn travelled to Melanesia as a missionary, and four years later was consecrated Bishop of Melanesia. He made significant financial contributions to the construction

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