Arthur Hamilton Baynes (23 March 1854 – 30 June 1942)[1] was a Church of England priest and Bishop of Natal and Maritzburg[a] from 1893[2] to 1901.
Arthur Baynes | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Natal | |
 Baynes (left) | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Southern Africa |
| Appointed | 1893 |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 29 September 1893 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arthur Hamilton Baynes 23 March 1854 |
| Died | 30 June 1942 (aged 88) |
He was born in Lewisham, Kent, the son of Joseph Ash Baynes and Mary Elizabeth Beard, and following ordination in 1882 was Domestic Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, E. W. Benson, from 1888 to 1892.[3] In 1893[4] he was appointed to the bishopric of Natal. During the Boer War, while Bishop of Natal, he was an army chaplain.[5]
After returning to England from Natal, Baynes was Vicar of St Mary's Church, Nottingham, and also an Assistant Bishop of Southwell and an honorary canon of Southwell Minster from 1905 until 1913. During the First World War he was again an army chaplain.[6] From 1913, he was incumbent of Birmingham Cathedral, first as Vicar, then (from 1931) as Provost of Birmingham (and an Assistant Bishop of Birmingham throughout) until his retirement in 1937.
Notes and references
edit- ^ "England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription". Retrieved 29 September 2014 – via Findmypast.
- ^ "Consecration Of Dr. Baynes". Nottingham Evening Post. 30 September 1893. Retrieved 29 September 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 96.
- ^ "New Bishop Of Natal". Lichfield Mercury. 19 May 1893. p. 3 col G. Retrieved 29 September 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Anglo-Boer War records 1899-1902 Transcription". Retrieved 29 September 2014 – via Findmypast.
- ^ "" "Medal Index Cards Transcription". Retrieved 29 September 2014 – via Findmypast.