Charles Smythies

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The Rt Rev Charles Alan Smythies, DD ^[1] (1844–1894) was a Colonial Bishop in the second half of the Nineteenth Century.^[2]

Charles Alan Smythies was born in Colchester,^[3] educated at Trinity College, Cambridge,^[4] and ordained in 1869. His first post was a curacy in Great Marlow after which he was Vicar of Roath. He was consecrated Bishop of Nyasaland in St Paul's Cathedral on 30 November 1883 and died on 7 May 1894.^[5]

Notes

1. ^ The Times, Friday 27 June 1890; pg. 5; Issue 33040; col F University Intelligence. Oxford, 26 June
2. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
3. ^ Genealogical web-site
4. ^ Smythies, Charles Allan (or Alan in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
5. ^ The Times, Friday 11 May 1894; pg. 10; Issue 34261; col A Obituary: Bishop Smythies

External links

• The Life of Charles Alan Smythies

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Preceded by Edward Steere	Bishop of Nyasaland 1883 –1894	Succeeded by Wilfrid Bird Hornby

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Name	Smythies, Charles Alan
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Date of birth	1844
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Date of death	1894
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