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The Rt Rev William Walmsley Sedgwick (1858–1948) was the 5th Anglican Bishop of Waiapu whose Episcopate spanned a 15-year period during the first half of the 20th century.Born at Freemantle in Southampton William Sedgwick was educated at Christ’s College Cambridge and ordained in 1882. He embarked on his career with a curacy at St. John The Baptist Wateringbury and a short spell as a Naval Chaplain. Later he held incumbencies in Hockley Heath Vryburg and Bedford Eastern Cape.