Sawle , James Wright

- bn Truro, Cornwall 22 April 1835 d. Christchurch 1 October 1920. Pastor. Churches: Greendale 1872-79; Ashburton 1886-92. President Canterbury Baptist Assn 1876-1878. Sawle came from a New Connexion Methodist background in Australia. He was one of the most active of the Canterbury Preachers, regularly supplying the rural causes. The Greendale ministry was not full time and included frequent preaching elsewhere. Sawle was unsuccessful in a bid for election as M.H.R. in Inglewood, in 1893. Ref.: Obituary: NZB November 1920, 175.