William Banister was a missionary of the Anglican Church.
He was born in Walton-le-Dale on 31 May 1855, educated at the Church Missionary Society College, Islington[1] and ordained in 1879.
He was curate at Balderstone, Lancashire[2] before heading to China as a missionary, rising in time to be Archdeacon of Hong Kong.
In 1909 he became Bishop of Kwangsi-Hunan [3] China, a post he held until his retirement in 1923.
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