He was born in Somerset, England, the son of Edwin Restarick and Amelia Riall Webb. He was educated at King James Collegiate School in
Bridgwater, England, after which, in 1872, he emigrated to the
United States. he worked as a farm hand and then a country school teacher, before studying at
Griswold College in
Davenport,
Iowa, from where he graduated with a
Bachelor of Arts in 1882. He was ordained deacon in 1881 and priest in 1882. In 1881, he was appointed curate of
Trinity Church in
Muscatine, Iowa, while in 1882, he became rector of
St Paul's Church in
San Diego, California, where he remained till 1902. He was elected Bishop of Hawaii on April 17, 1902, and was consecrated on July 2, 1902 by the Bishop of California
William Ford Nichols. He resigned on October 27, 1920. He was also editor of the
Hawaiian Church Chronicle, trustee and president of the Hawaiian Historical Society, and president of the
Library of Hawaii, a post which he held from 1927 to 1931. ==References==