BRITISH GUYANA
See also ROMAN CATHOLIC HIERARCHY IN BRITISH GUYANA 1848 - 1945 ANGLICAN CHURCH IN BRITISH GUYANA
BRITISH DEPENDENCY OF GUYANA
The Dutch possessions of Essequibo-Demerara and Berbice on the coast of Guyana were conquered by the British in 1803 and formally ceded to them by the Treaty of Paris in 1814. (1) Originally governed separately, they were united into the Crown Colony of British Guyana in 1831. (1) Berbice had already been occupied for a first time in 1781 - 1782, while Demerara was also occupied from 1796 to 1802. __________________________________________________________________________________BRITISH CHIEF ADMINISTRATORS
Governors 1838 - 1848 Henry Light 1848 - 1849 William Walker* 1849 - 1853 Henry Barkly 1815 - 1898 1853 - 1854 William Walker* (2x) 1854 - 1861 Philip Edmond Wodehouse 1811 - 1887 1891 - 1862 William Walker* (3x) 1862 - 1869 Francis Hincks 1807 - 1885 1869 - 1873 Sir John Scott 1814 - 1898 1873 - 1874 E. E. Rushworth* 1874 - 1877 James Robert Longden 1827 - 1891 1877 William A. G. Young* 1877 - 1881 Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright 1817 - 1899 1881 - 1882 William A. G. Young* (2x) 1882 - 1887 Sir Henry Turner Irving 1833 - 1923 1887 - 1888 Charles Bruce* 1826 - 1920 1888 - 1893 Jenico William Joseph Preston, Viscount Gormanston 1837 - 1907 1893 Sir Charles Bruce* (2x) 1893 - 1895 Sir Charles Cameron Lees 1831 - 1898 1895 - 1896 Cavendish Boyle* 1849 - 1916 1896 - 1898 Sir Augustus William Lawson Hemming 1842 - 1907 1898 Sir Cavendish Boyle* (2x) 1898 - 1901 Sir Walter Joseph Sendall 1832 - 1904 1901 - 1904 Sir James Alexander Swettenham 1846 - 1933 1904 - 1912 Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson 1851 - 1925 1912 - 1917 Sir Walter Egerton 1858 - 1947 1917 - 1923 Sir Wilfred Collet 1856 - 1929 1923 - 1925 Sir Graeme Thomson 1875 - 1933 1925 - 1928 Sir Cecil Hunter-Rodwell 1874 - 1953 1928 - 1930 Brig. Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg 1869 - 1930 1930 - 1935 Sir Edward Brandis Denham 1876 - 1938 1935 - 1936 Sir Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote 1881 - 1948 1936 - 1937 ...* 1937 - 1941 Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson 1883 - 1971 1941 - 1946 Sir Gordon James Lethem 1886 - 1962
ANGLICAN CHURCH IN BRITISH GUYANA
The Anglican religion was introduced in Guyana during the first British occupation of the area in 1781. Guyana was subject to the diocese of London until 1824 when it becam part of the new diocese of Barbados. In 1842 it became a separate diocese, that in 1883 became part of the selfgoverning province of the West Indies. __________________________________________________________________________________HEADS OF THE COMMUNITY
Bishops 1842 - 1892 William Piercy Austin, also Primate of the West Indies 1883 - 1892 1... - 1892 1893 - 1900 William Proctor Swaby 1844 - 1916 1900 - 1921 Edward Archibald Parry, also Archbishop of the West Indies 1917 - 1921 1921 - 1936 Oswald Hutton Parry 1868 - 1937 - 1979 Alan John Knight
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