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]