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Francis Thomas McDougall (1817-16 November 1886 〔The Times, 17 November 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31919; col E ''Obituary: The Rt Rev F.T. MacDougall''〕) was the first Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak from 1849 to 1868.〔(Bunyon, C.J. (1889) Memoirs of Francis Thomas McDougall...and of Harriette, his wife )〕 ==Life== McDougall was born in Sydenham, son of William Adair McDougall, captain in the 88th regiment. He educated at King's College London, where he trained as a surgeon, and Magdalen Hall, Oxford.〔(Alumni oxonienses, Vol.III, Foster (1891) )〕 While at Oxford, he rowed in the winning Oxford eight in the 1842 Boat Race. On leaving Oxford, he found employment in superintending some iron-works in South Wales, and married Harriette, daughter of Robert John Bunyon.〔 McDougall and his wife Harriette (née Bunyon) sailed for Borneo via the Cape and Singapore on 30 December 1847, arrived in Sarawak on 29 June 1848 and was appointed the first Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak in 1849.〔“The legacy of Francis Thomas McDougall” International Bulletin of Missionary Research, ISSN 0272-6122 1 October 2007 , Edwards, D.A〕〔Max Saint, "A Flourish for the Bishop and Brooke's Friend Grant" 1985〕 He established a Medical mission there, and a 'Home School,' in which children were trained from infancy in the principles of Christianity. In 1853, he returned home in order to manage the transfer of the mission from the Borneo Mission Society, whose funds came to an end, to the Society for Propagating the Gospel. In 1854, he was back again in Sarawak. The work of the mission grew. McDougall was appointed bishop, of Labuan. He was consecrated at Calcutta on St. Luke's Day, 1855.〔 Returning to England in 1868〔(“The Prospects of Christianity in the East” McDougall, F.T:Mission Life, Vo1. V (first series), 1 January 1868 )〕 he was appointed Vicar of Godmanchester. Later he was Archdeacon of Huntingdon,〔(Cambridgeshire County Council )〕 then Vicar of Milford on Sea;〔(Geograph )〕 and finally Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight from 1874 until his death. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francis McDougall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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