Bishop Suter's Victorian Writing Box with Personal Artifacts

Bishop Suter's original Victorian travelling writing box. Figured walnut and brass bound dome topped shape with fitted interior of stationery compartments and two inkwells, comprising a few pages of hand written verse in Suter's own hand, a small red leather calling card case with a card of Rev. Andrew Burn Suter inside, an International Exhibition 1862 Season ticket signed A. B. Suter, red leather and gilt and blue leather and gilt small ladies and gents season ticket booklets for the same exhibition and a calling card by Hills and Saunder. Andrew Burn Suter (1830-1895) was born in London and educated at St. Pauls school and Trinity College Cambridge graduating B. A. in 1853 and M. A. in 1856 and ordained in 1856. on 24 August 1866 he was consecrated at Canterbury Cathedral as Bishop of Nelson, on Sept 26 1867 he arrived in Nelson on board the Cissy with four other clergy. in his first few years he created the archdeaconry of Marlborough and established the theological college at Bishopdale. He was a vigorous supporter of the rights of Nelson under the Midland railway contract. He died on March 29, 1895. Ref: Dictionary of New Zealand biography by G. H. Scholefield, 1940