William Morley Punshon (29 May 182414 April 1881) was an English Nonconformist minister.

Life

Punshon was born at Doncaster, Yorkshire, was educated there, and, after spending a few years in business, at the Wesleyan College, Richmond. In 1845 he received his first appointment, at Marden, Kent, and soon became known as a preacher. After serving the usual period of probation he was ordained at Manchester in 1849 and for the next nineteen years travelled in several circuits, including some of those in London (1858–1864).

In 1868 he went to Chicago as the representative of the Wesleyan Methodist conference, and settling in Canada did much to advance the cause of his denomination. His preaching and lecturing drew great crowds both in the Dominion and in the United States, and he was five times president of the Canadian conference.

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File:Grave of William Morley Punshon in West Norwood Cemetery.jpg|Grave of William Morley Punshon in West Norwood Cemetery

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Notes

  • Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
  • The Punshon Memorial Methodist Church, Bournemouth, by Bob Flanagan, Friends of West Norwood Cemetery