Hannington

Hannington, James (1847-85), missionary bishop, was first sent to Uganda by the Church Missionary Society in 1882. After returning to England on account of his health he was consecrated Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa in 1884. and again set out for Uganda in July, 1885, six months after his arrival in Zanzibar. He made his way through Masai Land, but was put to death by order of Mwanga, King of Uganda, in the neighbourhood of the Nile.