| Administrative History | Edith Victoria Parker (known as Don) (1907-2002) was accepted for training as a CMS missionary in 1935 and, after training, left for Nigeria at the beginning of 1939. Alfred Ernest Wyatt (known as Rex) (1912-1977) was also accepted in 1935 and in 1936 left for Nigeria where he had been appointed as assistant manager and accountant of the CMS's bookshop in Lagos. The two met while both on leave in Nigeria in 1940 and were married in 1941 in South Africa. They had three children: Martin (b 1942 in South Africa), Hilary (b 1945 in England) and Margaret (b 1947 in Nigeria). In 1949, Alfred Wyatt was appointed as the manager of the bookshop in Lagos but resigned in 1950 and returned to England. However, in 1952, Alfred accepted the post of manager of the Uganda bookshop in Kampala; he subsequently transferred to the Diocesan Offices on Namirembe Hill where he worked as an accountant and became a member of the attached staff of the Church of Uganda. Edith and Alfred left Uganda in 1964 and moved to Sheffield where Alfred worked as manager of the SPCK bookshop and then in the Bursar's Department at the University.
Source: Typescript entitled 'A missionary family in Nigeria and Uganda 1936-1964' written by Martin Wyatt, an account of his parents, Alfred Ernest (known as Rex) and Edith Victoria (known as Don) (nee Parker), CMS missionaries. |