Edward Stuart

Edward Craig Stuart (1827 – 15 March 1911)[1] was the second Anglican Bishop of Waiapu,[2] whose episcopate spanned a 16-year period[3] during the second half of the 19th century.[4]

He was born in Edinburgh, the son of Alexander Stuart and Mary McKnight. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin,[5] and ordained in 1850.[6] With his great friend Valpy French[7] Stuart worked in India[8] as a CMS missionary for 21 years, first at Agra and latterly (until his appointment to the episcopate) at Jalalpur. In 1874 he went to New Zealand for his health. In 1876 he was appointed as Bishop of Waiapu and he was consecrated on 9 December 1877.[9] On 31 January 1894 he resigned and his last calling was as a CMS missionary in Julfa, Ispahan, Persia, for 15 years from 1894.[10][11][12] He died on 15 March 1911,[13] having at some point become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).