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'''Charles Alan Smythies''' (6 August 1844 – 7 May 1894) was a British [[Colony|colonial]] [[bishop]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Trinity College, University of Cambridge|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/search/located_at/trinity-college-cambridge-5846_locations|publisher=BBC Your Paintings}}</ref> in the 19th century.<ref>"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889</ref>
'''Charles Alan Smythies''' (6 August 1844 – 7 May 1894) was a British [[Colony|colonial]] [[bishop]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Trinity College, University of Cambridge|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/search/located_at/trinity-college-cambridge-5846_locations|publisher=BBC Your Paintings}}</ref> in the 19th century.<ref>"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889</ref>


Smythies was born in [[Colchester]],<ref>[http://www.sttudy.org.uk/Books/CaptainHoratiusJamesCannan/PDFs/Chapter5.pdf Genealogical web-site]</ref> educated at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]],<ref>{{acad|id=SMTS863CA|name=Smythies, Charles Allan (or Alan}}</ref> and [[ordained]] in 1869. His first post was a [[Curate|curacy]] in [[Great Marlow]] after which he was [[Vicar]] of [[Roath]] in Cardiff.
Smythies was born in [[Colchester]],<ref>[http://www.sttudy.org.uk/Books/CaptainHoratiusJamesCannan/PDFs/Chapter5.pdf Genealogical web-site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306052327/http://www.sttudy.org.uk/Books/CaptainHoratiusJamesCannan/PDFs/Chapter5.pdf |date=6 March 2012 }}</ref> educated at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]],<ref>{{acad|id=SMTS863CA|name=Smythies, Charles Allan (or Alan}}</ref> and [[ordained]] in 1869. His first post was a [[Curate|curacy]] in [[Great Marlow]] after which he was [[Vicar]] of [[Roath]] in Cardiff.


He was the fourth Bishop of the [[Universities' Mission to Central Africa]], and was consecrated on [[St. Andrew's Day|30 November]] 1883, serving as [[Bishop]] of [[Nyasaland]] until 1892 and then of [[Zanzibar]] until his death.<ref>[[The Times]], Friday 11 May 1894; pg. 10; Issue 34261; col A Obituary: Bishop Smythies</ref>
He was the fourth Bishop of the [[Universities' Mission to Central Africa]], and was consecrated on [[St. Andrew's Day|30 November]] 1883, serving as [[Bishop]] of [[Nyasaland]] until 1892 and then of [[Zanzibar]] until his death.<ref>[[The Times]], Friday 11 May 1894; pg. 10; Issue 34261; col A Obituary: Bishop Smythies</ref>

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Portrait of Smythies by Clara Reynolds

Charles Alan Smythies (6 August 1844 – 7 May 1894) was a British colonial bishop[1] in the 19th century.[2]

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 in Cardiff.

He was the fourth Bishop of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa, and was consecrated on 30 November 1883, serving as Bishop of Nyasaland until 1892 and then of Zanzibar until his death.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ "Trinity College, University of Cambridge". BBC Your Paintings.
  2. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  3. ^ Genealogical web-site Archived 6 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Smythies, Charles Allan (or Alan (SMTS863CA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. ^ The Times, Friday 11 May 1894; pg. 10; Issue 34261; col A Obituary: Bishop Smythies