Proctor Swaby
William Proctor Swaby FRGS (1844 – 16 November 1916[1]) was a colonial Anglican bishop from 1893[2] until 1916.
Born in Tetney,[3] Swaby was educated at Durham University, where he won the Barry Scholarship.[4] He eventually earned a doctorate in Divinity[5] He held incumbencies at Castletown, Sunderland[6] and at Milfield before being ordained to the episcopate in 1892[7] as Bishop of Guyana.[8] Translated to Barbados and the Windward Islands in 1900, he died in post.
Swaby was a Fellow of the Colonial Institute and the Royal Microscopical Society.[4]
Notes
- ^ Deaths The Times Tuesday, 21 Nov 1916; pg. 1; Issue 41330; col A
- ^ St George’s Cathedral website Archived 16 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tetney Church Community Project Archived 14 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Swaby, Rt Rev. William Proctor, (1844–16 Nov. 1916)". UK Who's Who. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "Durham University Calendar 1897". reed.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ The Times, Thursday, 11 Feb 1875; pg. 7; Issue 28236; col G Ecclesiastical Appointments
- ^ Land of six peoples
- ^ University of Alberta
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