On 4 June 1837, Heber C. Kimball was set apart to open a mission in England. Over the next few days Orson Hyde, Joseph Fielding, and Willard Richards were called to join him. The first missionaries to England arrived in Liverpool on 20 July 1837. The first branch in England was organized in Preston on 6 August 1837.
The British Mission eventually became the largest mission in the Church during the nineteenth century. For many years, the President of the British Mission also held the title of President of the European Mission, which meant that he supervised the presidents of the other missions in Europe. This changed in 1928 when the European Mission president began no longer directly operating the British Mission.
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British (1837 - ?) Profile
Birmingham Conference, January 1899
British Mission headquarters, 1903
Group of missionaries of the British Mission, circa 1910.
Nottingham Conference, October 1890
European Mission Headquarters, circa 1880
Heber J. Grant and Missionaries in Britain
Smiths, Nibleys, and Grants
A Special District Meeting
Scottish Conference, December 1899
Newcastle Conference, May 1899
Convention of Mission and Conference Presidents
Conference Presidents' Convention
Manchester Conference, November 1911
Liverpool Conference, 1910
Norwich Conference, July 1891
Scottish Conference, 1898
Manchester Conference, April 1898
Presidents of British Mission Conferences
Mission Conference, 1930
Nottingham Conference, October 1899
The LDS Chapel of 1899, Lowestoft
Lowestoft, a LDS Chapel, 1899 October