“Sixty Have Served as General Authorities in the British Isles,” Ensign, Oct. 1987, 76–77

Sixty Have Served as General Authorities in the British Isles

Of the thirteen General Authorities who were in the British Isles during the July conferences and historical site dedications, eight, including President Ezra Taft Benson, had served there in various capacities as General Authorities.

Church historical records show that, to date, a total of sixty Church leaders have served in the British Isles as General Authorities. Their names follow in chronological order:

1837–50
Heber C. Kimball	British Mission	President	1837–38
Orson Hyde	British Mission	Missionary	1837–38
Willard Richards	British Mission	Missionary	1837–41
Brigham Young	British Mission	President	1840–41
Wilford Woodruff	British Mission	Missionary	1840–41
John Taylor	British Mission	Missionary	1840–41
Heber C. Kimball	British Mission	Missionary	1840–41
Parley P. Pratt	British Mission	Missionary	1840–41
Orson Pratt	British Mission	Missionary	1840–41
George A. Smith	British Mission	Missionary	1840–41
Lorenzo Snow	British Mission	Missionary	1840–43
Parley P. Pratt	British Mission	President	1841–42
Orson Hyde	British Mission	Missionary	1841–42
Wilford Woodruff	British Mission	President	1845–46
Orson Hyde	British Mission	President	1846–47
John Taylor	British Mission	Missionary	1846–47
Parley P. Pratt	British Mission	Missionary	1846–47
Orson Pratt	British Mission	President	1848–51

1850–70
Franklin D. Richards	British Mission	Missionary	1850–51
Erastus Snow	British Mission	Missionary	1850–52
Lorenzo Snow	British Mission	Missionary	1850–52
John Taylor	British Mission	Missionary	1850–52
Franklin D. Richards	British Mission	President	1851–52
Orson Pratt	British Mission	Missionary	1853
Franklin D. Richards	British Mission	President	1854–56
Orson Pratt	British Mission	President	1856–57
Ezra T. Benson	British Mission	Missionary	1856–57
Amasa M. Lyman	British Mission	President	1860–62
Charles C. Rich	British Mission	President	1860–62
Amasa M. Lyman	British Mission	Missionary	1860
George Q. Cannon	British Mission	Missionary	1860–62
George Q. Cannon	British Mission	President	1862–64
John Smith	British Mission	Missionary	1862–64
Daniel H. Wells	British Mission	President	1864–65
Orson Pratt	British Mission	Missionary	1864–67
Brigham Young, Jr.	British Mission	President	1865–67
Franklin D. Richards	British Mission	Missionary	1866–67
Brigham Young, Jr.	British Mission	Missionary	1867
Franklin D. Richards	British Mission	President	1867–68

1870–90
Horace S. Eldredge	British Mission	Missionary	1870–71
Albert Carrington	British Mission	President	1871–73
George A. Smith	British Mission	Missionary	1872–73
Lorenzo Snow	British Mission	Missionary	1872–73
Erastus Snow	British Mission	Missionary	1873
John W. Young	British Mission	Missionary	1873
Joseph F. Smith	British Mission	President	1874–75
Albert Carrington	British Mission	President	1875–77
Joseph F. Smith	British Mission	President	1877–78
Orson Pratt	British Mission	Missionary	1877
Orson Pratt	British Mission	Missionary	1878
Albert Carrington	British Mission	President	1880–82
John Henry Smith	British Mission	Missionary	1882–85
Daniel H. Wells	British Mission	Missionary	1884–87
Christian D. Fjelsted	British Mission	Missionary	1886–90
George Teasdale	British Mission	Missionary	1886–87
George Teasdale	British Mission	President	1887–90
John Morgan	British Mission	Missionary	1889

1890–1920
John W. Young	British Mission	Missionary	1890
Brigham Young, Jr.	British Mission	President	1890–93
Anthon H. Lund	British Mission	President	1893–96
Rulon S. Wells	British Mission	President	1896–98
Francis M. Lyman	British Mission	President	1901–04
Heber J. Grant	British Mission	President	1904–06
Charles W. Penrose	British Mission	President	1906–10
Rudger Clawson	British Mission	President	1910–13
Hyrum M. Smith	British Mission	President	1913–16
George F. Richards	British Mission	President	1916–19
George Albert Smith	British Mission	President	1919–21

1920–87
Orson F. Whitney	British Mission	President	1921–22
David O. McKay	British Mission	President	1922–24
James E. Talmage	British Mission	President	1924–27
John A. Widtsoe	British Mission	President	1927–28
Joseph F. Merrill	European Mission	President	1933–36
Richard R. Lyman	European Mission	President	1936–38
Hugh B. Brown	British Mission	President	1937–40
Hugh B. Brown	British Mission	President	1944–46
Ezra Taft Benson	European Mission	President	1946
Alma Sonne	European Mission	President	1946–50
Marion D. Hanks	British Mission	President	1962–64
Bernard P. Brockbank	North British Mission	President	1960–62
N. Eldon Tanner	West European Mission	President	1961–63
Bernard P. Brockbank	Scottish-Irish Mission	President	1962–63
Mark E. Petersen	West European Mission	President	1963–65
Robert L. Simpson	England London Mission	President	1975
Robert D. Hales	England London Mission	President	1978–79
Joseph B. Wirthlin	Europe Area	President	1984–86
John Sonnenberg	Europe Area	Counselor	1984–85
Derek A. Cuthbert	Europe Area	Counselor	1984–85
Russell C. Taylor	Europe Area	Counselor	1984–87
Hans B. Ringger	Europe Area	Counselor	1985–
Carlos E. Asay	Europe Area	President	1986–
Jack H. Goaslind, Jr.	British Isles/Africa Area	President	1987–
Spencer H. Osborn	British Isles/Africa Area	Counselor	1987–
Alexander B. Morrison	British Isles/Africa Area	Counselor	1987–