- Lucius Smith
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Lucius (Frederick Moses Bottomley) Smith was the inaugural
Bishop of Knaresborough from 1905 to 1934. Born on6 January 1860 into a clerical family [His father was the Reverend Frederick Smith,Vicar ofShelf ] he was educated at Harrow [“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X] andBalliol College, Oxford [ [http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/2735.html Undergraduate at Balliol] ] . In 1882 he studied for ordination at "Leeds Clergy School" before a curacy inToxteth [During which time he married Lucy Bottomley] . He was successively Vicar ofIlkley , Richmond,Easby ,Calverley andMacclesfield before a 29 year stint as Suffragan Bishop of Knaresborough [The Times, Thursday, Nov 22, 1905; pg. 14; Issue 38184; col A Ecclesiastical Intelligence] . A thoughtful cleric [”Religious education and the education bill: 1906 ... a charge delivered at the archidiaconal visitation, May 8th and 10th, 1906.”Smith, L.F.M.B: Leeds, Richard Richardson,1906] , devout patriot ["Prayers in time of war" The Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop Boyd Carpenter, the Bishop of Worcester, the Bishop of Lincoln, the Bishop of Knaresborough, the Bishop of Birmingham, Canon Newbolt & others: London, Jarrold, 1914] and historian [”The Story of Ripon Minster” Smith, L.F.M.B: Leeds, Richard Richardson,1924] he died on31 December 1934 Notes
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