| Administrative History | Eugene Stock (1836-1928), missionary society administrator
Eugene Stock was appointed as an editor with the CMS in 1873 and was responsible for popularising may of their publications. He was also instrumental in the significant increase in recruitment of missionaries in the later 19th century. He resigned as editorial secretary in 1902 due to ill health but remained a secretary without portfolio until his retirement in 1906. He was also a writer of books and articles, his most significant achievement being his four volume History of the Church Missionary Society (1899-1916) |
| Custodial History | This item was found in a copy of a book published by the former Missionary and Ecumenical Council of the Church Assembly in the library of Liturgical Commission of the General Synod of the Church of England |