in Chronicle, London Missionary Society 425 Words

LMS Biographies, Part VI

To make up for a whole bunch of blog posts, I am publishing in post format the biographies I compiled for my world-famous “The Chronicle of the London Missionary Society for all articles relating to their Central Africa Mission from 1876-1905.” I appreciate your patience!

Rev. James Lawson
Born: March 6, 1874, at Blackburn
Died: August 28, 1903, at Mbereshi [Oct 1903]

Rev. J. Lawson originally worked with a firm of engineers but to become a missionary he studied theology at the Nottingham Institute as well as taking courses in surgery and medicine at the Manchester Royal Infirmary and Livingstone College [May 1902]. He was ordained on April 7, 1902 [May 1902], and departed England on April 30 [Jun 1902], slated for Niamkolo [Jan 1903]. He married Ada Mary Harwood on May 27, 1903, at Blantyre [Jun 1903]. Rev. Lawson died three months later on a visit to Mbereshi.

Ada Mary Lawson, née Harwood
Ms. Harwood departed England on March 7, 1903 [Apr 1903], slated to marry Rev. J. Lawson. They wed on May 27, 1903, in Blantyre [Jun 1903]. Her husband died three months later while they were visiting Mbereshi. She returned to England, arriving on December 26, 1903 [Feb 1904].

Rev. George Henry Lea
Born: August 11, 1857, at Leeds

Rev. G.H. Lea studied at the Bristol Institute and was ordained on April 30, 1886 [Jun 1886]. He departed England on May 12, 1886 [Jun 1886], departed Zanzibar on June 22 [Sep 1886], and arrived in Ujiji on September 23 [Feb 1887]. Due to failing health, he departed Kavala Island on May 13, 1887, and arrived back in England on November 27 [Jan 1888]. He then accepted a Pastorage in Jamaica [Apr 1889].

Dr. Ernest Winbolt Lewis, M.B., Ch.B.
Born: May 22, 1876, at Madras [May 1902]

Dr. E.W. Lewis studied at Edinburgh University and, appointed as a medical missionary, departed for India enroute to Central Africa [May 1902]. Originally stationed at Mbereshi, he transferred to Kawimbe in 1904. Due to ill-health he returned to England, arriving July 31, 1905 [Sep 1905]. He married Merlin Alice Cripps on January 3, 1906, and the couple departed England for Central Africa on February 13, 1906. They worked at Kawimbe and Mbereshi before returning to England in 1910 and severing their connection with the London Missionary Society.

Notes:

Unless otherwise noted, missionary biographies are derived firstly from London Missionary Society: A Register of Missionaries, Deputations, Etc. From 1796 to 1923, prepared by James Sibree, D.D., Fourth Edition, published by the London Missionary Society, London, 1923. Brackets with [Month Year] indicate the issue of The Chronicle of the London Missionary Society which records the preceding event. Information denoted by a dagger (†) is from Christian Missionaries and the Creation of Northern Rhodesia 1880-1924, by Robert I. Rotberg, published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1965. Other sources are denoted by a footnote.