Classic DACB Collection
All articles created or submitted in the first twenty years of the project, from 1995 to 2015.Willoughby, Eugene Samuel
Of Lagos. At Lagos, Freetown Grammar School, Fourah Bay College, and Church Missionary College, Islington. 1880, June 11, ordained a deacon by Bishop of London and 1882, December 24, ordained a priest by Bishop Crowther. 1881, January 1, Breadfruit, Lagos. 1892, Faji (St. Peter).
Source:
Church Missionary Society, Register of Missionaries (Clerical, Lay and Female) and Native Clergy from 1804 to 1904.
Editor’s note: Emails to the Editor dated December 11, 2024 and March 15, 2025 from archivist Jacqueline Burrows tell us a little more about Eugene Willoughby:
I am writing to let you know that Eugene Samuel Willoughby, like several of his peers, was educated at Monkton Combe School, near Bath in Somerset, in 1879. He arrived at the same time as Jacob Vivour Pratt. We don’t have a record of his leaving date but believe he went on to CMS Islington, where he was ordained by Bishop Crowther in 1881.
His life is well documented in this Spotify podcast, although it doesn’t mention the brief term he spent at Monkton Combe before going on to Islington. From about 11+ minutes onwards.
