PUNSHON

William Morley (only child of John Punshon, mercer, d. 1840). b. Don caster 29 May 1824; educ. Don caster gr. sch. to 1835; clerk to Mr. Morley, timber merchant, Hull 1837–40; joined the Methodist society in Hull Nov. 1838; minister at White haven 1845, ordained 1849; minister at Newcastle 1849–52, at Sheffield 1852–5, at Leeds 1855–8; minister of Hinde st. circuit London 1858–61, of Isling ton circuit 1861–64; minister at Bristol 1864–7; presided over the annual conferences in Canada 1868; created LL.D. by Victoria univ. of Cobourg June 1872; superintendent of Kensington circuit, London 1873–5; one of the general secretaries of Wesley an Methodist mi ionary society 1875 to death; elected president of Wesley an conference 29 July 1874; author of Tabor on the cla meeting, a plea and an appeal 1849; John Bunyan, lectures 1857; Pulpit orations 1861; Sabbath chimes, meditations in verse 1867; The prodigal son, four discourses 1868; Sermons 1882. d. Tranby, Brixton Hill, London 14 April 1881. bur. Norwood cemet. 19 April. F. W. Mac donald’s Life of W. M. Punshon (1887) portrait ; T. MacCullagh’s Memorial sermon (1881); W. Smith’s Old Yorkshire ii 138–41 (1890) portrait ; Leisure hours . By A Journalist (1878) 79–80; C. M. Davies’s Unorthodox London (1874) 261–9; Drawing room portrait gallery , third series (1860) portrait xv ; Graphic x 150, 153 (1874) portrait .