de St Dalmas, Rev. H.G. Emeric

-bn – d. 1939. N.Z.B.M.S. Missionary, East Bengal, 1890-1894. An Englishman with experience in India, Rev. de St Dalmas was N.Z.B.M.S.’s first male missionary and was appointed as Superintendent in 1890. He bought land in Brahmanbaria and built the first mission house; and suggested the opening of a second station at Kusbah, between Brahmanbaria and Comilla. After taking an extended furlough in England 1894 – for which he did not have the Society’s consent – he resigned. Although his service had been satisfactory and the Society had encouraged him to return, it was considered that he had allowed his personal preferences and family needs to supercede the needs of the Society. Ref.: NZB April 1895, 56.