Augustus Smith (priest) explained

Augustus Smith
Birth Date:17 October 1844
Birth Place:Saint Michael, Barbados
Death Place:West Kensington, England
Date:17 November 2020
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53060.html Cricinfo

Augustus Elder Smith (17 October 1844  - 8 January 1916) was an Anglican priest who served in two senior leadership positions within the Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.[1]

Smith was educated at Codrington College, Barbados and ordained in 1868. He played in three first-class matches for the Barbados cricket team from 1864 to 1872.[2] After a curacy at St Silas, Barbados he was Rector and Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Port of Spain;[3] and Archdeacon of Trinidad from 1902 until 1914.

He died on 8 January 1916 at West Kensington.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. ‘SMITH, Ven. Augustus Elder’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 18 Feb 2014
  2. Web site: Augustus Smith . ESPN Cricinfo . 17 November 2020.
  3. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  4. “Deaths” The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jan 11, 1916; pg. 1; Issue 41060