About Peter Royston
Lived 1830 – 1915 (aged 84). Peter Royston was a catholic priest.
The Rt Rev Peter Sorenson Royston (6 June 1830 – 28 January 1915) was a Bishop of Mauritius.
Born in London on 6 June 1830 and educated at St Paul's and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1853 and began his career as a Resident Tutor at the Church Missionary College in London. After that he was the incumbent of the CMS Chapel, Madras and then of St Thomas', Mauritius. He was Bishop of the country from 1872 to 1891 when he resigned through ill health. Afterwards, an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Liverpool he died on 28 January 1915 at Worthing.
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British bishop
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Peter Royston was born on 6 June 1830.
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Peter Royston died on 28 January 1915.
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Peter Royston was a catholic priest.
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