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... Hoare, banker, of Fleet Street, London, one of the founders of the Church Missionary Society (d. 15 March 1828). His mother was Lydia ...

... Church Missionary Society's Mid-China mission at Ningpo. He was ordained priest by the Bishop of North China in 1876. His chief work at ...

He was renowned for his journeys in defiance of the Chinese authorities, sailing along the coast, distributing tracts wherever he could.