John Taylor Smith
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John Taylor Smith KCB CVO (1860–28 March 1938) was the Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone at the end of the 19th century and Chaplain General to the Forces 1901-1925.
Taylor-Smith was born in Kendal[1] in 1860 and ordained in 1886.[2] He was Curate of St Paul’s, Penge[3] and then Sub-Dean of St George’s Cathedral, Freetown before his appointment to the episcopate in 1897. He was Honorary Chaplain to Queen Victoria from 1896 to 1901.
On 1 November 1901 he was appointed Chaplain-General to the Forces,[4] serving until 1925. His tenure included the First World War, and he oversaw the expansion of the chaplaincy service from around 120 chaplains in 1914 to almost 3,500 in 1918.[5] He was appointed a Companion of the Royal Victorian Order in 1906, a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1921 and created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1925.[1][6] A Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died on 28 March 1938.[7] He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).
References
- ^ a b Rootsweb
- ^ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory. London, Hamilton & Co, 1889
- ^ Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X.
- ^ "No. 27379". The London Gazette. 22 November 1901.
- ^ The Royal Army Chaplains Department – Clergy Under Fire, by Michael Snape. Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 2008
- ^ As a member of the Anglican clergy, traditionally he would not have received the 'accolade' and thus was not entitled to style himself 'Sir'.
- ^ Deaths The Times Wednesday, Apr 06, 1938; pg. 17; Issue 47962; col E
- 1860 births
- People from Kendal
- Sierra Leonean clergy
- Sierra Leonean Anglicans
- 19th-century Anglican bishops
- 20th-century Anglican bishops
- Chaplains General to the Forces
- English Anglican missionaries
- Anglican missionaries in Sierra Leone
- Bishops of Sierra Leone
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
- 1938 deaths