| Administrative History | William Brereton, of Mullingar, Ireland, was a student at the Church Missionary College, Islington from 1872 and after ordination was located to Ningpo, China, from 1876-1880. He was later transferred to Pekin from 1880-1894. He left CMS in 1880, when they withdrew from North China and joined the Society for the Propogation of the Gospel.
References: Register of missionaries (clerical, lay & female) and native clergy from 1804 to 1904, Church Missionary Society, 1905 |
| Custodial History | Presented by R. C. F. Besch, June 1959 |