Typed transcripts of letters from Sarawak, as Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak, 1849-1866; transcripts of letters in the archives of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, from Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore, 1848-1867.
Dates
- Creation: 1848-1867
Extent
2 boxes
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Pac. s. 104].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Pac. s. 104
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 3226
Biographical / Historical
Francis Thomas McDougall (1817-1886), Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak, studied medicine at the University of Malta, King's College, London and Magdalen, Oxford, where he graduated in 1842. On leaving Oxford he superintended ironworks in South Wales. When the ironworks failed he took holy orders and was ordained in 1845. He was made curate successively of Farnlingham Pigot, St. Mark's Lakenham and of Christ Church, Woburn Square, London. In 1847 he took up an offer of mission work in Borneo under the auspices of Sir James Brooke, the Rajah of Sarawak. The mission grew large enough to warrant a properly constituted head and in 1855 he was consecrated Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak. In 1867 his health compelled him to return to England and in 1868 he resigned his bishopric. In around the same year he was presented with the vicarage of Godmanchester. He was made Archdeacon of Huntingdon, 1870, Canon of Ely, 1871, Canon at Winchester, 1873 and Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight, 1874. In 1886 he was given the vicarage of Milford. In c1842 he married Harriette Bunyon.
Other Finding Aids
Listed as no. 713 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information unknown.
Bibliography
- Extracts from letters of Harriett McDougall were used inTropical interludes: European life and society in South-East Asia by Graham E. Saunders (Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, 1998)
Topical
Subject
- McDougall | Francis Thomas | 1817-1886 | Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak (Person)
- Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Organisation)
- Church of England | Missions | Borneo (Organisation)
- Church of England | Missions | Singapore (Organisation)
- Title
- Papers of the Rt. Revd. Francis Thomas McDougall
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Paul Davidson
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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