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| Smythies, Charles Allan (or Alan).Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Apr. 30, 1863. [2nd] s. of [the Rev.] Charles Norfolk (Trinity College, Oxford, 1831) [C. of St Mary-at-the-Walls, Colchester] (and Isabella, dau. of Admiral Sir Eaton Travers). B. Aug. 6, 1844, at Studland, Dorset. Schools, Milton Abbas, Dorset [and Felsted]. Matric. Michs. 1863; B.A. 1867; M.A. 1871; D.D. 1884. Hon. D.D., Oxford, 1890. Ord. deacon (Winchester) 1869; priest, 1871; C. of Great Marlow, Bucks., 1869-72. C. of Roath, Glam., 1872-80; V. of Roath, 1880-3. Bishop of the Universities' mission to Central Africa, 1883; on the reorganization of the Central African bishoprics, became Bishop of Zanzibar, 1883-94. Worked indefatigably, training natives as clergymen and travelling thousands of miles on foot; raised £11,000 in England for a suffragan bishop for Nyasaland in 1890. Died, unmarried, of malaria, May 7, 1894, while on a voyage home in an attempt to recover his health; buried at sea between Zanzibar and Aden. (Crockford; Boase, III. 659; Misc. Gen. et Her., 4th S., IV. 199; D.N.B.) | Charles Allan (or Alan) SMYTHIES Approx. lifespan: 1844–1894 pens. Trinity College adm1863:04:30 2nd s. of [Rev.] Charles Norfolk SMYTHIES ( Trinity College [Oxford] (1831) [ C.: St Mary-at-the-Walls Colchester, [ Essex ] (and Isabella TRAVERS dau. of Admiral Sir Eaton TRAVERS ) b. Studland, Dorset 1844:08:06 schools Sch: Milton Abbas School Milton Abbas, Dorset [ and Felsted, [ Essex ] Matric 1863:10MT: BA 1867 MA 1871 DD 1884 Hon. DD OX 1890 Ord. deacon Winchester 1869 Ord. priest 1871 C.: Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire 1869-72 C.: Roath, Glamorgan 1872-80 V.: Roath, [ Glamorgan ] 1880-83 Bishop of: the Universities' mission to Central Africa 1883 on the reorganization of the Central African bishoprics, became Bishop of Zanzibar 1883-94 Worked indefatigably, training natives as clergymen and travelling thousands of miles on foot; raised £11,000 in England for a suffragan bishop for Nyasaland in1890 d., unmarried, of malaria 1894:05:07 while on a voyage home in an attempt to recover his health buried at sea between Zanzibar and Aden ( Crockford; Boase, III. 659; Misc. General et Her., 4th S., IV. 199; D.N.B .) |