Woolley, Rev. William R.

- bn Birmingham 1850 d. Auckland 4 February 1923. Pastor. Trained at Bristol Baptist College. Churches: Thames 1883-99; New Plymouth 1902-06; Epsom 1910. President Union 1894/5. Secretary Union 1887-1893. President Auckland Auxiliary 1893, 1911. Woolley was a strong advocate for a centralised Union and as Secretary administered Union funding for struggling causes. He suffered from indifferent health which at times interfered with his ministry. Ref.: Obituary: NZB April 1923, 64.