James Hannington
James Hannington was an English Anglican missionary, saint and martyr. He was the first Anglican bishop of East Africa.
Hannington was born onSeptember 1847 at Hurstpierpoint in Sussex, England, about eight miles from Brighton, where his father ran a warehouse, and was part of the family that ran Hanningtons Department stores. His father, Charles Smith Hannington, had recently acquired the property known as St. Georges, a pleasant mansion with its ample grounds. An adventurous child, at one point he blew off his thumb with black powder. The boy was an eager collector, and his cases and cabinets increased in size and number. In these pursuits he was helped and encouraged by his motherthe gentlest, sweetest, dearest mother that, ever lived, as he once called her. Her understanding love was the greatest influence in the early life of the excitable, highspirited and sometimes wayward boy.
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